DAV College of Education, Hoshiarpur

DAV College of Education is a well-known educational institute in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Established in 1966. This affiliated college approved by the National Council for Teacher Education – NCTE college is dedicated to teacher education programmes. Situated at Arya Samaj Road, Hoshiarpur, the college offers two main courses: B. Ed and M. Ed.

DAV College of Education is also dedicated to preparing future educators with the help of faculty members of only 18. The institute is also co-educative, that is it has both male and female students and pupils. Quite several facilities are available at the college to complement the learning abilities of the students.

The equipped library is an information resource centre that is established to have several books related to education as well as other disciplines. The library is fully automatic and user-friendly and possesses the title of National Digital Library through the N-List programmes providing e-books and e-journals.

In terms of practicals, the college has well-equipped laboratories for multimedia development machines and wares. The campus has a chic computer laboratory with an internet connection essential for research and ICT education. Sports facilities and playfields are available for sports and recreation activities outside.

DAV College of Education has hostel facilities for boys and girls and out-of-station students can feel comfortable staying. A cafeteria on campus can serve as a break area and also a socialisation area within the compound. At present, the college is constructing a new air-conditioned Bhawan with over 350-capacity seminar hall to develop an e-based teaching-learning method.

DAV College of Education, Hoshiarpur strictly follows the admission rule norms of the university and is based purely on merit. Like in most universities, admission for the B. Ed programmes is offered by the rules of the sponsoring university. Likewise, the admission policy of the M. Ed programmes as a result goes by a merit system as Touchette et al, prescribed by the university.

DAV College of Education, Hoshiarpur presents two courses of teacher education leading to B. Ed. And M. Ed both are full-time courses. Besides, Bachelor of Education (B. Ed) programmes have an approved intake capacity of 300 and Master of Education (M. Ed) programmes have an intake capacity of 50. They are two-year programmes which are expected to produce students with teaching profession and educational leadership.

The admission procedure at DAV College of Education, Consider selection through academic merit or individually set criteria by the college itself.