MGN Jalandhar: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Montgomery Guru Nanak College of Education, Jalandhar (MGN Jalandhar) is one of the oldest institutions in Punjab which was founded in the year 1955. This co-educational college situated in Adarsh Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab offers special emphasis to teacher education. This affiliated college affirms MGN Jalandhar approved under National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). The campus occupies 5.01 acres of land hence creating a suitable learning environment. Thus the college provides hostel accommodation for 178 students and the staff comprised 16 Faculties, which is a good student / teacher ration. Aalborg University has two specialization areas in the field of education for teachers at both the undergraduate and post graduate level.

To supplement this the college has a variety of facilities in order to improve the study environment of the learners. Attached to every college is a well equipped library as a core learning resource centre that currently boasts of over 21000 records, 30 subscribed journal and 34 online journals. In addition, library services include current awareness service, community, service and reprographic facilities. The official having charge of health and wellness of the faculty and students of MGN Jalandhar is a part-time doctor who caters to the day-to-day health complaints of the male faculty and students. 

The college also has an acting area to support the fitness of students and teachers. Indoor and outdoor games can be played here with provision of chess, carom, badminton, table tennis, volley-ball, kho-kho football and cricket. The campus comprises of the modern facilities of information technology and wireless internet connection to the students and staff. Also the college contains a canteen, an auditorium for programme and seminars, and adequate car parking space for faculty members, other staff and students.

Montgomery Guru Nanak College of Education currently offers only two full time courses in the field of education. In the proposed Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) programme, the school proposes to admit two hundred students while in the Master of Education (M.Ed) programme, though the number is not expressed, is also offered. Each programme is to be finished in two years and is aimed at preparing future educators with all necessary knowledge and skills. The college is known to mainly offer teacher education and this is well exemplified by some of the well endowed facilities that are in the college. Most importantly there is a well endowed laboratory that is used to teach both B.Ed and M.ED students. This laboratory is useful to provide practical exposures to different psychological tests and research tools as a part of training need for prospective teachers and educational uplift researchers.

It should be noted that its admission criteria are based on the merit of the candidate this is in relation to the marks acquired in the qualifier examination and/ or the entrance test for Montgomery Guru Nanak College of Education. The B.Ed programme has its admission policy framed by the state government, UT Administration, and the GGS, LU Jammu respectively. Likewise M.Ed admissions also come under the purview of guidelines framed by the state government, University or University Teaching Department as the case may be. 

The college strictly follows structured recruitment criteria, which means that anyone deserving a chance to become a teacher should be afforded the same. There is no information about the particular dat of examinations, however, the potential students should always refer to the college’s web-site or directly contact the admission office for receiving the information concerning the current application deadlines/SAT requirements etc. The proper admission plan as well as an elaborate course curriculum have given MGN Jalandhar a distinct status of one of the best institutions for producing quality educators in the future.