Pillai HOC College of Education and Research, Raigad

Pillai HOC College of Education and Research is one of the reputed teachers’ training colleges situated in Raigad, Maharashtra. This college is co-educational and was founded in 2010, and it has been training future educators for eleven years. The college is located in Rasayani and has a small area of 1 acre, which is useful to give students a closed academic atmosphere.

Pillai HOC College has been approved by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), signifying recognition from the college to maintain threshold quality in teacher education programmes. The college boasts of providing some of the following amenities that will help to improve students’ experiences and facilitate their learning.

Sports programmes can be used at the college to improve the physical development of the learners in addition to enhancing their academic development. The presence of an auditorium is useful for occasions and seminars to provide for an active student life.

The library remains a collection of important material and information or a knowledge bank that provides students with all the necessary information they require for their studies. Dependent laboratories exist to meet the needs of the departments and provide practical experience in various experiments. The college is affiliated to University of Mumbai.

Pillai HOC College of Education and Research offers one primary course, the B. Ed programme or the Bachelor of Education. This course is a two-year, full-time programme that aims at enabling one to face the tasks and opportunities facing the education profession. Having been approved to admit 100 students, the B. Ed programme offers many opportunities for those willing to undertake a teaching profession.

The selection criteria of Pillai HOC College of Education and Research include marks scored both in the qualifying examination and/or the entrance examination. By so doing, only qualified students who have the passion and ability to pursue the B. Ed programme are admitted.