CK College of Education, Cuddalore

CKCollege of Education at Chellankuppam was started in the year 2008 and it is an affiliated college situated in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. This contains both male and female students and is reaccredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and recognised by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). The college occupies a small area of 0.

82 acres and provides a specialised educational environment for its students and faculty; total enrollment of 149 students and 15 faculty members. CK College of Education focuses mainly on teacher training and provides the B. Ed programme of capacity one hundred seats aimed to intending teachers in the nearby area.

It has various accommodations that are inclusive of the various amenities that would help to improve the college learning environment of the students. A well-stocked library function as a knowledge center with good number of books of different journals to enable academician.

It has own hostels for boys and girls respectively with adequate facilities for accommodation for those students coming from distant regions and so on. Mathematics, Physics, and Biology Laboratories are also present affording practical laboratory experiences on the campus. An auditorium is used for several purposes and seminars while the cafeteria provides healthy and standard meals.

The college also provides a health center with first aid equipment and cares for students’ health. CK College of Education being a teacher education college, it provides only one full-time course; the Bachelor of Education (B. Ed) program me. This five-semester programme has an approved capacity of one hundred students in order to ensure that the institution churns out qualified teachers.

According to the curriculum of the B. Ed course, it prepares these students for job placement in the teaching profession. However, the overall number of graduates produced is unascertainable, yet the college addressees its exclusive focus on the production of teachers impacting greatly in the education sector in the region.

Regarding admission in CK College of Education, the College follow a merit based policy that are in line with the rule and regulation framed by Government of that particular state, Union Territory, and by affiliated University. The course fee structure depends on the marks scored in the qualifying examination and/or entrance examination.

The college may also exercise other screening techniques as was set down by the administration policies. CK College of Education has a highly developed concept of students’ personalities’ comprehensive training. The institution promotes different form of talents particularly talents in sports by conducting competitions and presenting awards at the end of every academic year.

The college also provides strong alumni relations to develop a relationship between current college students and college graduates. For the students coming from other neighboring regions the college has adequate transport means that ferry student to easily accessible towns and villages thus increasing access to quality education.

Because of its more specific efforts in the teacher training and providing adequate and well-equipped college facilities, CK College of Education, Chellankuppam highly contributes to the training of the future educators in the region.