Kalna Primary Teachers Training Institute, Burdwan: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Kalna Primary Teachers Training Institute situated in Burdwan, West Bengal is a stand alone institute with exclusive focus on teacher education. This is a co-educational institution which was started in 2009 with the main purpose of preparing future educators. The national council for teacher education (NCTE) recognised institute is situated in a very small plot of 1 acres. This institute has strength of 99 students and faculties are 4 so it also have less students in a class for better interfaced between faculties and students. It currently offers only one specialised programme namely Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) only to show the specialised aim of training the primary school teachers.

Kalna Primary Teachers Training Institute has all state-of-art equipment and infrastructure that can help in the improvement of learning capability of students. There is Library, which can be regarded as the knowledge centre of the school, and there are Departmental laboratories for practical purposes. This is because the campus has also sports facilities and gym, which influence more health and fitness and physical development apart from academic enhancement. As for the conveniences of the students there is a cafeteria and a parking space. The institute boasts of having good Information Technology infrastructure to ensure students are conversant with current technologies in the teaching learning process. Health services which are first-aid center are accessible on site. Most noteworthy, services of boys’ and girls’ hostels are available which ensure outstation students have accommodation facilities in the institute.

Kalna Primary Teachers Training Institute has only one course called Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed). It is a two-year full time programme that prepares students for primary teacher education. The institute has an approved number of 50 under this course and only a small number of students who want to be teachers are enrolled each year. The relatively small number of students enables individual focus and comprehensive learning of details that concern the topic of the primary education.

The admission policy of Kalna Primary Teachers Training Institute is based on merit list and as framed by the state government of West Bengal accordingly. Candidates are selected on the basis of their merit in the qualifying examination normally the +2 or equivalent examination. On some occasions an entrance examination or any other entrance test may be administered as spelt out by the state in such circumstances. The admission process of the institute is unbiased and very much clear so that deserving students get a chance to becoming a primary school teacher. 

As concerns general information regarding scholarships, the university has not specified particular opportunities for the acquisition of these funds, although the students are welcome to research and apply for several available government and private scholarships which are universal and may cover the course of training for teachers. Kalna Primary Teachers Training Institute is yet another young institute that is still in the process of carving its alumni base; graduates of this institute are imparting primary education to young minds in West Bengal and other states.