Kawa College of Education, Jammu

Kawa College of Education, affiliated college established in the year of 2003 is in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Located on a small piece of land only 1. 5 acres, this is a coeducational school that focuses on teacher training and has a single program – a bachelor of education (B.

Currently, Kawa College has a total of 161 students while it has employed eight faculty members, due to which education here is more personalized. The college is relatively small in size but wants to offer teacher training that is able to produce quality teachers in the region. The college prides in some installations that are used to support students’ learning facilities.

Every lecture hall, classroom and reading room needs to be complemented with a veritable publisher’s paradise of academic lying in well-stocked book shelves. The campus currently consists of sports complexes to prepare its students’ both in terms of body and spirit for sporting events. A good IT support empowers learners with knowledge on current instructional technologies.

The facility has departmental laboratories intended for practical lessons and an auditorium for events and seminars. The college also maintains a cafeteria for taking snacks and a girls’ hostel for out station female students. Furthermore, there is an alumni association in the institution which ferments the relationship of the institution with its alumni.

Kawa College of Education offers only the one course in Bachelor of Education B. Ed which is a two year full time programme. Such a focus is beneficial to the college to maximize its resource and funding on embracing teacher education. The total intake for the B.

Ed program has been 161 which reportedly imputes to the total academic enrollment indicating a planned, systematic, and systematic approach of the college towards the admission of aspirant teachers in a single batch.

Unfortunately, statistics on graduates cannot be provided However, the fact that this single program is offered at the college shows that this institution is interested in producing well-trained educators. Principle of Admission at KAWA College of Education Admission is based on merit.

Prospective students are summoned for counseling depending on their performance in their studies without details on entrance test or any cut off marks. To provide the students maximum chances of getting a job after their course completion, the college has organized a Training and Placement Cell.

This cell was tasked with the social responsibilities of ensuring students are placed in their workplaces with or without the college upon completion of their studies and transforming them into professional educators. It also provides some special facilities to its students The college named Kawa College of Education also has some other features to support its students.

Also essential educational infrastructural development is the creation of Book Bank facility, which is actually an extension of the library that gives students an option to purchase good quality books at a low and student friendly cost. The college also has transport services to and from the campus for student and faculty transport also for educational visits and clinical clerkship.

With such features and a narrow specialisation of preparation offered, these intentions should foster the necessary conditions for cultivation of non-traditional staff for a profession of the teacher.