Institute for Teacher Education, Paschim Medinipur: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

The Institute for Teacher Education, Paschim Medinipur, was started in 2014. It is a co-educational affiliated college and is situated at Chandrakona Town, West Bengal. This institute is also approved by the National Council for Teacher Education. It is specifically an institution meant for teacher education programs. Having a compact campus area of 1.23 acres, this institute presently enrolment of 117 students and 16 faculty members.

The campus has absolutely all types of facilities to back up the learning environment. A well-stocked library provides the academic hub of the campus. There are over 5,000 volumes on technical, management, education, and language teaching materials. The library also subscribes to 7 technical journals and is subscribed to periodicals, magazines, and daily newspapers. There exists a fully air-conditioned computer laboratory consisting of 30 PCs connected to a central server and providing internet access and advanced computing training for practical training. The Institute for Teacher Education, Paschim Medinipur is fully facilitated with separate hostels for boys and girls for comfortable accommodation to students who come from far-off places.

The Institute for Teacher Education, Paschim Medinipur, focuses on the single most important academic program: Bachelor of Education. This is a two-year full-time course offered with the aim to turn out a budding teacher professionally to take up modern teaching challenges.                                                           

The admission to the B.Ed. course in the Institute for Teacher Education is based on merit in accordance with the policies prescribed by the State Government and the affiliating University. The candidates are selected as per their qualifying examination, entrance test or some other type of selection process, as decided by the competent authorities from time to time.