Om Parkash Memorial Institute of Education, Kapurthala

Om Parkash Memorial Institute of Education is in Kapurthala, Punjab providing quality education for teachers. This co-educational institute was founded in 2005 and prepares future educators for approximately 15 years now. Based on a 5-acre site, the institute provides a specialised learning environment for the trainees. NCTE approval implies that that follows the national standards in teacher education.

Om Parkash Memorial Institute of Education boasts of facilities delivered in enabling the totality of learning among the students. The library provides basic learning infrastructure in addition to computer/Internet access and is therefore organised for carrying out research and studying.

Students gain access to accurate organisation IT facilities, thereby sharpening their IT skills vital in the twenty first-century learning environment. It has a canteen, an auditorium for events/seminars, as well as practical subject laboratories for practical treatment of subjects.

Sports facilities are provided also in purpose to prove that the institute is concern with the physical fitness and health of each student. To accommodate the visiting faculty and students’ families there is a specially provided guest house. The institute also has a health centre that provides first aid services to senior students and all the members of the community.

Om Parkash Memorial Institute of Education currently offers a single full-time course: existing programme of study, the Bachelor of Education (B. Ed) programme. This programme takes two years and has an approved capacity to admit 100 students to enhance quality education in a not so large class size.

In Om Parkash Memorial Institute of Education admission is given according to the marks obtained in the qualifying examination and/or entrance examination. The institute has adopted the admission policy developed by the state government/U. T. Administration, and the affiliated university. This leads to substantial fair hiring practices within the job seeking process for all participants.