Mount Carmel College of Teacher Education, Kottayam

Mount Carmel College of Teacher Education, Kottayam, Kerala is a renowned institution the essence of which lies in preparing the future of education. This is a women college which started in 1953 and for the next almost seven decades, the college has been training educationist. Occupying the fairly small piece of land of about 3 acres the college allows for the students to have focused learning atmosphere.

It was an affiliated college recognised by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE); it offered high standard teachers training programmes. Mount Carmel College of Teacher Education has many facilities which are tailored towards ensuring that students in the college get the best out of their college learning.

At the same time, a school library with more than 19,210 books, 25 various periodicals, as well as numerous electronic resources are placed at the students’ disposal. The language laboratory where all the lessons are digitalised enables efficient training for individual skills which is important since most teachers teach individually in the future.

For physical health, the college has a playground, as well as a functional gym facility for the students’ use. These are Academic seminars that can accommodate one thousand people this part of the building consists of an auditorium for seminars, workshops and cultural activities. Mount Carmel College of Teacher Education offers two full-time courses: programmes include a Bachelor of Education (B.

Ed) and a Master of Education ( M. Ed ) programme. Both the programmes have been designed for two years and for fifty students each making a total of one hundred seats in both the courses. Total enrolment in the college equals the number of students intake capacity hence suggesting capacity utilisation in the college. Although Mount Carmel College of Teacher Education admits students for both B. Ed and M.

Ed The two programmes have different admission procedures.