VPR Institute of Elementary Teacher Education, Kamalapuram

VPR Institute of Elementary Teacher Education is a self-financed institution that was established in 2005 and is located in Kamalapuram, Andhra Pradesh. This is a co-educational college authorised by the National Council for Teacher Education, having a primary focus on teacher education. The college is affiliated with Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa .

Located on a plot of 1 acre of land, the institute has only two full-time courses with 51 intakes in total. The faculty strength of VPR Institute is twenty; therefore, it maintains a healthy student-teacher ratio in order to provide special attention to each person with the dream of being a teacher. Many facilities have been established to support the learning needs of all students in the institute.

At the centre of these amenities is a fully stocked library with more than 3,500 books, electronic CDs, and A. V. tapes in different fields of education. About twenty-five journals and five daily newspapers are subscribed to to give students easy access to the current literature on education. For physical development, the institute provides sports grounds and a gymnasium.

A building for conducting lectures, meetings, etc. is also available on campus; also, there is a facility of a canteen and health centre that has first aid facilities. For the support of academic curriculum, VPR Institute of Elementary Teacher Education runs subject-based laboratories and has its own IT infrastructure to prepare students for modern techniques of academic delivery.

VPR Institute of Elementary Teacher Education provides two programmes in the area of education. They are both day programmes aimed at producing qualified teachers to teach in our schools and colleges. These programmes are for students who want to qualify as teachers for the elementary school and the secondary school, respectively. Degree Name Total Number of Seats B. Ed 100 D.

Ed 50 Admission for students in the VPR Institute of Elementary Teacher Education is strictly based on merit, following guidelines set by the government of Andhra Pradesh and the university in which the institute is located. For the D. Ed. programme, admissions are given according to the marks secured in the qualifying examination/entrance test. Likewise, for the B. Ed.

programme, the admission criteria also include the performance of the candidate in the qualifying examination as well as any test that particular state conducts for admission.