Gopsai Avinandan Sangha Primary Teacher Training Institute, Medinipur

Gopsai Avinandan Sangha Primary Teacher Training Institute situated at Medinipur, West Bengal, is a single teacher education institute. Started in 2005 the institution is co-educational and has been nurturing educators for almost two decades. Located on a small plot of 0.

74 acre, the institute is affiliated with the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) which means that the institute follows the national standard for training school teachers. The institute currently has 98 students and 17 teachers which give it a good student teachers ratio; a worthy environment for learning.

Gopsai Avinandan Sangha Primary Teacher Training Institute is equipped with impressive features that should help the learners in their study process. A library also needs to be resourced to help contain information necessary for a young teacher to be. It contains an auditorium for various seminars and cultural programmes so as to promote more and more speeches and discussions.

Sports amenities make way for physical health while the Information Technology structures prepare the students on contemporary educational equipment. Also on the territory of the campus there are cafes, facilities for guest, as well as laboratories, that makes the educational environment complete.

The institute offers an accommodation for students who may need it, there are hostels for boys and girls respectively, to facilitate comfort during their studies. Gopsai Avinandan Sangha Primary Teacher Training Institute provides a course integration, the main aim of which is the Diploma in Elementary Education (D. El. Ed).

This is a two-year course, which is delivered full-time, and aims at producing professional primary school teachers. This institution targets to take 50 students for this programme and this is a show of humility in admitting that large classes put a threat to quality education.

Gopsai Avinandan Sangha Primary Teacher Training Institute follows the merit policy prescribed by the state Government of West Bengal for admission. The candidates seeking admission are selected on the basis of the qualifying examination which is higher secondary (10+2) or its equivalent. Occasionally, there may be entrance examination or other selection tests that also form part of admission requirements.