St Thomas College of Teacher Education, Pala

St. Thomas College of Teacher Education profiles itself as an institute of education and teacher training located in Pala, Kottayam, Kerala, that begun in 1957. NAAC recognised, this is an affiliated college and NCTE approves this college as per National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993. Located on the limited area of 1.

92 acre, the college provides three programmes in Special Teacher Education with the total number of students 223. The institute has a well qualified faculty of thirty members and has a healthy student-teacher ratio. St. Thomas College of Teacher Education is concerned with training quality teachers for the future through our programmes such as B. Ed, M. Ed, and D. El. Ed.

The college offers a full range of learning assistance to support the experiences of its students. The campus also has its hostels for both boys and girls to ensure adequate host and lodging to those students who prefer residing in campus. A library is equipped with relevant accessories and one can find it with books, journals and educational CDs and other forms of knowledge.

Considerably, the institution’s technology-focused, with regard to IT provision, with computers and free Internet to the students. St. Thomas College of Teacher Education provides options for the student’s sports and physical training, such as sports facilities and a gym.

The campus also has several dedicated special purpose labs such as the Language laboratory, Psychology laboratory, Technology and Modern Media Laboratory, Science Laboratory and Computer Laboratory to facilitate practical learning and research. St.

Thomas College of Teacher Education is also involved in offering full time courses that totals to three courses , this courses serves the various levels of teacher education. The intake capacity of the institute is 250 students for all its courses offered across the different levels. B. Ed course. as a programme that is at the centre of this college’s admission has the most number of seats, 150.

It also offers two postgraduate courses M. Ed and D. El. Ed, for which 50 students are admitted each year. Every course takes at least two years to complete in an effort to equip all prospective teachers adequately. The criteria for admission into the St.

Thomas College of Teacher Education involves a list of carefully placed criteria that include the marks secured in the qualifying assessment as well as the entrance assessment, if any. The college provides admission as per norms set by the state government, UT administration and the university to which the college is affiliated to.

The institution provides a number of amenities for the student convenience and they include a health centre that has first aid emergency, an auditorium for occasions and seminars, and a small shop for day by day use. Being one of the pioneer institutions, fully committed to the cause of quality education of teacher, St.

Thomas College of Teacher Education has been in the forefront of shaping future of education in Kerala.