Dayanand Women's Training College, Kanpur

Dayanand Women's Training College, Kanpur was founded in the year 1958 for promoting women's education in Uttar Pradesh. The affiliated college, located at Mac Robert Ganj, has an area of 0. 5924 acres and is affiliated by the National Council for Teacher Education. The various courses that are run here include 5 in number under 4 degrees, its prime interest, however, remains in the fields related to education.

The total student enrolment is 344 with a faculty strength of 20, thus maintaining a very favorable student-teacher ratio. Being an all-girls institute, it definitely serves as a means of women empowerment through quality education in the city of Kanpur. Various facilities help in enhancing the learning experience for its students.

It acts as an information center that contains all the relevant materials required for any academic pursuit. The sports facility is available to any student who loves sporting activities for recreation purposes as well as keeping fit.

The college has well-equipped and up-to-date IT infrastructure that keeps abreast with modern technological trends, thereby enabling students to fit in properly in this age of digitisation. There is a cafeteria on the college campus that easily caters to the needs of students and staff. There are also laboratories for practical learning experiences.

The girls' hostel may be the most important, which provides a comfortable place of accommodation for out-station students with a home away from home. At Dayanand Women's Training College, there are a total of five full-time courses that accommodate the diverse educational aspirations of students. These range from undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Education, Arts, and Home Science. The B. Ed.

program is intended to prepare students for teaching as a career, while the M. Ed. enables advanced studies in education. The institution also provides MA in Education and Home Science on a self-finance basis. A BA programme is also offered to those who wish to pursue a general arts course.

The focus of the institution has thus been education and its related fields so that skilled educators and professionals come out of it. The process for admission in Dayanand Women Training College varies for different courses. The admission to the B. Ed. course is on the basis of State CET entrance, and the final merit comes from C. S. J. M. University, Kanpur. Admission in M.

Ed course is also based on the Entrance Examination conducted by C. S. J. M.