Kathir College of Education, Coimbatore: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Kathir College of Education, Coimbatore started in the year 2007 has grown to be one of the most sought after colleges that addresses the need quality education. This co-educational college is located at Neelambur, Coimbatore and the college is spread across a land of 6.02 acres. Kathir College of Education is a recognised college as per the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and recognised by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and therefore as an affiliated college the college provides quality teacher education. Over all the student intake of the institute is of 192 of which 16 are faculties which create a nice environment for learning to take place. The College currently has four focused education programmes that comprise undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes to prospective teachers.

Kathir College of Education has made available a host of utilities aimed at making learning more effective for students. The rather well-stocked library containing 4,256 books spread over 17 journals and magazines is useful for academic studies. They provide a capacity seat of 50, free internet connection and printed media services are available. To accommodate the students, the college has hostel facilities for boys and girls respectively whereby out station students find comfort and accommodation. For learning activities, the campus has provided well-equipped laboratories, an auditorium for functions, seminars among food for thought there is a canteen. In an attempt to cultivate an all-round personality, Kathir College of Education provides for different sports and gym facilities. Campus also has features related to convenience including guest house rent a car parking and transport facilities etc college also provide free transport from Neelambur bus stand to college campus.

This institution currently provides only four full time courses in education to its learners. These are the undergraduate as well as the postgraduate programmes with specialisations within education field that aims to meet the market needs. It offers one hundred seats for the B.ED course while the cohort for the rest courses it offers is unknown. Alas, the total numbers of graduates for the latest year are unknown, too; however, the college still keeps the total enrolment at 192 learners regardless of the programme.

The Kathir College of Education does not charge any fee for the admission process but the admission criteria is based on marks secured in the qualifying examination and/or any entrance examination. For the B.Ed programme, the admission is given according to policy set by the state government, UT administration and the university. The selections are made according to the qualifying examination marks; entrance examination or any other mode of selection as per government or university norms for the M.Ed programme as well. As to the exact dates, it is better to refer the web-site of the college or to call the office of admission to receive up-to-date information. There are several courses in offered in the college for different academic background such as B.Ed, M.Ed, BA B.Ed ,B.Sc B.Ed for students across all the fields who want to build their career in teaching profession. Scholarship information and information of outstanding alumni does not exist but affiliated NAAC accreditation prove the principles of the college towards providing quality education in the field of teacher education.