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The
Tagore Govt. College of Education (TGCE) was established in the year 1981
and affiliated to the Panjab University. In the same year the UGC has
granted permanent affiliation to this College. Thereafter on inception of
newly constituted Pondicherry Central University, in the year 1987-88, the
affiliation of the College was shifted to it. |
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The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) came into existence
through Act No. 73 of 1993 of the Parliament and vested with statutory
authority for achieving planned and coordinated development of the Teacher
Education system throughout the country and it has become mandatory to all
the Colleges of Teacher Education to get recognition from this Apex Body
on Teacher Education. Accordingly, the TGCE also got its recognition from
the NCTE with effect from 1997. This College, which was earlier known as
Govt. B.Ed. College was renamed as ‘Tagore
Govt. College of Education’ (TGCE) on 14th August, 1998
in a gala function held in the College premises as a part of the Golden
Jubilee Celebration of India's Independence.
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Apart from Pre-Service Teacher
Training Programme the College also caters the needs of working people.
This College has a full-fledged study centre of Institute of
Correspondence Education, University of Madras. During the previous
academic year more than 200 candidates obtained spot admission at this
centre in different UG and PG courses including MCA and continuing their
studies in different faculties of the institute. TGCE has also a centre of
examination for Institute of Ecology & Environment; New Delhi It is
also an examination centre for admission to RIMC, Dehradun and Sainik
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There
are plans to introduce P.G., Research Courses and Integrated Courses in
Education in the coming years to meet the growing demands of better trained
teachers.
A new College
building has been inaugurated on 29th April 2004. This building has
all the facilities such as games room, ET lab in the basement floor, reception,
science lab, information centre, class rooms, correspondence rooms in the ground
floor, administrative block, classrooms, office rooms, record rooms, language
lab etc. in the first floor and library cum reading hall, classrooms, staffroom,
AV Hall, Computer lab, Research lab etc. in the second floor.
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Proposal to upgrade TGCE into the Institute of Advanced Studies in
Education (IASE), a centrally sponsored scheme of Govt. of India, is under
active consideration of the Administration. Necessary scheme is being
prepared by the College for onward submission. Once it is upgraded into
IASE the activities of the College will enhance and apart from the
existing pre-service teacher training programme, the in-service training
programmes, orientation, refresher courses, workshops and seminar
pertaining to secondary and senior secondary education will be taken up by
the College. Research and innovations in education will be the special
features of TGCE after up gradation.
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Although the TGCE is in its infancy stage today like a sapling but
tomorrow it will grow up into a huge tree, a strong establishment. Today
there are only the B.Ed. and trainees of integrated courses as students.
But when PG, in-service programmes and Research Courses are introduced
then it will come to its full strength. Today the TGCE stands silently in
a corner watching the passing time with a few students walking up and
down, but it dreams of a tomorrow, a better tomorrow with the crowds of
students laughing and running up and down wiping away this isolation and
silence for ever. Every long journey begins with a single step.
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The enthusiastic staff is ready to undergo any
hardship to materialize this dream and the TGCE awakes from its long slumber and
turns towards a new era with lots of hopes and dreams.
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