Bishop Packiam Arockiasamy College of Education, Pudukkottai

With guru status and extreme passion for education, the Bishop Packiam Arockiasamy College of Education, Pudukkottai was duly established in the same year, 2007, and has been on the forefront of providing education standards across Tamil Nadu, India. Set in the calm ambience of Arputha Nagar, Vamban this affiliated college occupies a vast campus of 6 acres of land.

Accredited by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), it offers various kinds of programmes with an aim to build the future of education. The college is presently hosting 96 learners and a competent and committed teaching staff of 16 members, hence a personalised learning environment. Being a teacher training institution, the primary product offered by the institution is a full-time B. Ed programme.

The college has numerous facilities with different aims and purposes of improving the college learning environment. The main body of an academic resource is a library stocked with more than 5,000 books, and assorted dailies, weeklies, monthlies, and over thirty journals. To a very large extent, this is a wealth base on which research and expansion of knowledge can be built.

The institution is noble in its provision of modern education and enhanced by the provision of a state of the art computer laboratory with over twenty high end computers fitted with appropriate software. As a digital center, it sustains today’s requirements and equips learners for teaching with technology.

Science education is given special credibility with good and functional biological and physical science laboratory, enabling practical learning. It also provides for the overall growth of a student through sporting amenities such as a gymnasium and an open Academy hall for cultural as well as academic activities.

The position of the institution at Pudukkottai makes it easy to access, the college offers safe and convenient transport facilities for the students in nearby towns of Pudukottai town, Allankudi and Karambakudi. This considerate planning helps to make it convenient for the students who come from the neighboring regions to also travel in order to achieve their dreams of education.

As a college of Education for Teachers, Bishop Packiam Arockiasamy College of Education has become a major provider of quality Education to train and produce quality Teachers in the region through resourceful . Bishop Packiam Arockiasamy College of Education mainly focuses on the educational programmes with B. Ed having great importance.

This two-year full time course is intended to produce professional and emotionally committed teachers. Approved for a total intake of one hundred (100) seats the programme targets a wide population of aspiring teachers. This makes the college a special one since its primary function is the training of teachers and therefore the depth of training given is unique in this area.

Moreover, focusing on the one, but significant educational program proves the institution’s desire to create highly qualified specialists for the modern school. Bishop Packiam Arockiasamy College of Education has set its own admission policy that follows the rules and regulations of the state government, U. T. Administration and the university to which the college is affiliated.

Admission of qualifying students is based on performance in qualifying examinations as well as or entrance tests. This continuous evaluation guarantees the best and qualified candidates to be offered the B. Ed programme. This rigorous selection process adopted by the college in determining students best suited to peruse education demonstrates the college commitment to quality education.