Mount Tabor Training College, Pathanapuram

Another college that comes under private aided category is Mount Tabor Training College, Pathanapuram, started in 1960 in Pathanapuram, Kollam district – Kerala. The college is a co-educational college which is an affiliated college approved by the National Council for Teacher Education [NCTE] and accredited with National Assessment and Accreditation Council [NAAC].

The college occupies a large piece of land of about 14 acres, and this provide a good environment for learning as well as student development. It has a total student population of 198 and a faculty population of eighteen and this good student-teacher ratio makes Mount Tabor Training College provide Individual attention coupled with a quality education. The college currently offers one degree programme a B.

Ed degree whose approved capacity is one hundred and every year. Facilities of Mount Tabor Training College include facilities to favour learning and total personality development of the students. The college library is a rich collection centre to massive knowledge, containing 12221 books, 600 reference and 12 encyclopedia sets.

It has paid subscription to 14 educational journals and ten periodicals to make students update with the recent research and literature. The library is completely automated and is under the N-LIST project which allows students and faculty to have a look at a plethora of resources. For female students the College offers a spacious hostel in the College premises which has the sitting capacity of 116 students.

The college also has its health centre with first aid services in order to address the health issues of learners. Mount Tabor Training College provides one course of study, the B. Ed programme , which is a full time, two-year professional course with an approved strength of one hundred students.

The goal of this programme is to equip prospective teachers with the knowledge, understanding and teaching practice in a vocation for the profession. The course offered at Mount Tabor Training College is a B. Ed course that offers sound knowledge and teaching practice in handling the modern challenges in education.

Mount Tabor Training College also has different facilities for students academic and personal development.