Meenatchi Physical Education College, Ariyalur

Meenatchi Physical Education College education was started in 2007 and this college is purely established for physical education in Thathanur, Tamil Nadu. This is a co-educational college and the college is approved by The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and affiliated college.

With a total student enrolment figure of 196, the institute has also ensured that the institute student intake is controlled to enhance the learning process. The college has made provision of a number of amenities that would cater for both academic and co-curricular needs. Promising a comfortable living condition, students get separate hostels for boys and girls.

It boasts of a well-stocked library, with most of the useful research, journals and technical reports now available in electronic form. For practical training, the college offers departmental laboratories and a computer laboratory equipped with twenty-five computers with Internet connection.

Accommodation to the foregoing facilities includes a campus auditorium for events and seminars, a campus cafeteria, and a campus health centre that includes first aid facilities. B. P. Ed. at Meenatchi Physical Education College is a professional full-time programme of two years duration.

Its objective is to produce professional specialists in physical education and sports, particularly the students preparing for employment in this field.

Unfortunately, clear information about the number of seats is still sparse, but going by the total student intake of 196 students clearly indicates that this college is more developmental in terms of education provision because it means that there are more opportunities to give individualised attention to the students.

This professionalism and synthesis of the student can be seen from the following courses offered and infrastructural facilities available in Coastline College. To foster the development of requirement human resource for physical education in the country, the college provides Bachelor of Physical Education ( B. P. Ed ).

Meenatchi Physical Education College has merit-based criteria for admissions, which includes percentage of marks scored in the qualifying / entrance examination. Admission policies of the college are as per the guidelines issued by the state government, UT administration and the university to which the college is affiliated.