Ashoka College of Education, Kathua

Ashoka College of Education, Kathua was established in 2001 which is affiliated college located in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. Located right from National Fish Farm in Monke Talab, this institution offers teacher education. It is located in a small building and on a total area of 1 acres of land The college has a total of 141 students in this college.

The college has a faculty of 8 members offering subject specialisation in the field of education for trainee teachers. BRIEG has only one offering which is the Bachelor of Education (B. Ed) programme, which is a two-year full course. For the co-curricular activities as well as to complement the college learning process, the college provides various facility amenities.

Established as an informational center, the library is fully supplied with educational materials, and there is a reading room in which students can read national and local newspapers and magazines if necessary. facilities for students’ health include sporting facilities; volleyball, basketball, indoor games like caroms, table tennis and chess.

The institution embraces the use of technology in today’s learning process and owns a functional computer laboratory complete with modern computer equipment and software, manned by qualified teachers. For the purpose of meeting the students’ nutritional needs, the college has a canteen on the compound, although the prices are relatively cheap.

The college also has transportation facilities, with regards to two buses with different routes to enable transport of the students from the city and the immediate surrounding areas. Ashoka College of Education only deals with teacher education and provides the Bachelors in Education ( B. Ed ) programme. This is a full-time course which has been developed in order to equip the students for teaching and Education.

The duration of two years of the course permits the adequate coverage of educational theories and practices for preparing graduates for today’s classrooms. Admission policy for Ashoka College of Education as a whole is done following the policy set by the state government, Union Territory administration and the affiliated university.

They include marks obtained in the qualifying examination and/or entrance test but their criteria for admitting students into their programs are merit based. The college may also use other means of selection as it deems appropriate subject to the current policies.