Government Degree College, Santirbazar: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Government Degree College, Santirbazar (GDC Santirbazar) is the government college which was started in the year 2012 in the South Tripura region of India. Being an affiliated college, NAAC approved, it provides under graduate programmes in different fields. With a 18 acre campus, GDC Santirbazar is home to 863 students out of which 48% are male and rest 52% students are females. It has a team of staff of 20 and offer six programmes of study with two degree programmes of arts and humanities. Local focus is a major characteristic of the institution, for all the students are from within the state.

The college therefore recognises the need to ensure that proper learners environment is made available to students. The library occupying a central area of the institution is a home of 4, 551 books mostly textbooks addressing the syllabi of the BA programmes offered. This is a popular resource, used equally by students and teachers, who are supported by a specialised Library Assistant. Another goal of the college is to also develop an automated system for its library to improve organization. For technological requirement GDC Santirbazar has setup a computer laboratory with 8 computers replaced in every year and so the student standard of ICT can also be built up here. It also has a neat canteen that provides a number of food items at low prices; the campus bans the sale of junk foods, and cigarettes.

As of now GDC, Santirbazar, is providing total 6 undergraduate courses but all are full time courses. The college offers three years undergraduate course and awards Bachelor of Arts (BA) with different honours and major subjects such as Political Science, History, Education, Bengali and English. BA programme is considered to have a duration of 3 years. Though the total seat intake for all the courses are not mentioned here It is given that out of the total seat intake for all the courses the BA Political Science Honours has 30 seats and the BA History Honours and the Bachelor of Arts in Bengali Honours each has 30 seats and finally the BA Education Honours intake is of 20. This has enabled the college to register a total of 863 graduands in the latest academic year.

All the courses in the Government Degree College, Santirbazar have an admission procedure mostly based on merit. As a part of equal standard, the college will accept CUET UG test scores as it follows the national standard testing system which has come into force for undergraduate admissions. As for the dates of admission, it is worth noting they are not mentioned but the potential students should probably visit and constantly check the website page of the college, or rather, the college itself. It also has an Alumni Association where the past and present students are always closely related most of the time.