Shah I Hamadan College of Education, Pahalgam

Shah-i-Hamadan College of Education, Pahalgam is a co-educational College of teaching started in 2005, located in the scenic beauty of Pahalgam, District Anantnag, (J &K) India. This affiliated college occupies a total area of 2. 5 acres and has always focused on training future generation teachers.

Being currently a college with only 3 students and a faculty of 6 it is fairly small and this enhances the interactivity of the students and the faculty members. Based on the educative nature of the institution, the B. Ed programme prepares competent and passion educators. Shah-i-Hamadan College of Education has diverse amenities to improve on the quality of students or to supplement their college experience.

An exemplified library library is important to every facility and assists student by availing study resources for them. The facility has an auditorium for many occasions, including seminars, to enhance the campus academic activities. For those student who enjoys sports and workouts the college provided with sports amenities to complement learning with health.

The institution also focuses on student welfare with a campus having a health facility with first aid services. In order to compete for the generation of the current society, the college has had good IT facilities for the students that will enable the students’ have an access to the modern technologies.

A cafeteria on campus facilitates the relaxation process and social interactions among students, and other staff members. Also, the college provides a location for departmental laboratories, which provide valuable practical experience for future teachers. To meet the need of accommodation of the visiting faculty and student relatives/friends there are guest’s room amenities in the institution.

Currently, Shah-i-Hamadan College of Education has only one programme as the centre of its educational process – B. Ed . , which is a two-years full-time course. This specific surfacing promotes centralisation of efforts and focus on training quality professionals in the chosen sphere, in this particular case – educators.

Although the exact total number of seats is still unspecified, it can be presumed from the current enrolment strength of the college that it offers a personalised teaching- learning environment and has a low student-to-faculty ratio.

Admission policy in Shah-i-Hamadan College of Education student is mainly on merit as per the guidelines of State Government/UT administration and the concerned University in which this college is located.

Each candidate is assessed according to his/her performance in the qualifying examination and may undergo other tests or interviews, as may be set down by the authorities or through an entrance examination as required. This way talented and self-motivated individuals are produced and recommended into the B. Ed programme.

Being an educational institution, it is well suited for that purpose and being located at Pahalgam, which is one of the most beautiful places in the country, the college provides the right ambiance for would be teachers to gain the right practising environment that will enable them to be ovate teachers as they prepare for their professions.