National College of Teachers Education, Satna: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

National College of Teachers Education, Satna (NCTE Satna) is one of the reputed colleges involved in the course of teacher education, and which was affirmed in the year 2005. This affiliated college is located in Gram-Sherganj, Satna district of Madhya Pradesh; for almost two decades it has been preparing the future educators. Affiliated to The National Council for Teacher Education NCTE Satna gives various courses in the field of education. It is located in a 5-acre campus enabling the college to foster adequate learning environment. NCTE Satna currently offers a first year student in take capacity of 54 students and faculty strength of 20 students thus implying careful attention towards the students enrolled for the degree of B.ED.

To facilitate its students, National College of Teachers Education Satna has several facilities to supplement to learning that students undergo. The college library is in a way a knowledge centre which has over 5,000 books and national and international journals, magazines, newspapers etc. It has a large reading hall, a reference area and an audio visual corner. The school also has a well-equipped computer laboratory with a total of thirty computers and best of software to equip the students, for the world of digital classroom. The college also has subject wise laboratories, a hall for events and seminars and a separate health centre with first aid recourses. They say NCTE Satna believes in all-round development therefore there are provisions for playing cricket, badminton football volleyball and table tennis.

It provides three regular courses in teacher education to meet the need of every stage of schooling. They include; The D.El.Ed (Diploma in Elementary Education) programme, B.Ed (Bachelor of Education) programme, and M.Ed (Master of Education) programme, which have a course duration of two academic years. The D.El.Ed, the B.Ed and the M.El.Ed programmes respectively have an intake capacity of fifty each, even though the later does not clearly state its intake capacity. These courses aims at preparing students with appropriate knowledge and skills as teacher for teaching students at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education.

NCTE Satna follows policies regarding the admission process as prescribed by the state government; the university or UT administration besides admitting students with distinctive merit based on the marks secured in the qualifying examinations and or entrance tests. For B.Ed programme, candidates have to apply through the college principal to the Registrar, Vishwa Vidyalaya along with the certificates as prescribed. The admission process for M.Ed as well as the D.El.Ed are based on merit but may differ with regard to the selection process depending on government policy.