Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

The Ramgarhia College of Education for men situated at Phagwara is one of the premier institutions established in 1956 for preparing teachers to teach in schools in the state of Punjab, India. Over all this college is co-educational college which is located at Satnampura, Phagwara affiliated to University System and is approved by NCTE/NC/0145/2010 under National Council for Teacher Education. The college has received its accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), in regard to quality assurance of the college. Located in 2.73 acres of area Ramgarhia College of Education provides two streams of Education degree course having 257students intake capacity and 14 faculties. This fact makes the institute an important actor in the development of the region’s educational process as it is specialised in teacher training.

There are a number of infrastructures offered in the The Ramgarhia College of Education for men, performance as well as developmental for the learners. The library an essential focal sector of any university, contains an extensive variety of literature embracing books, periodicals, and references, designed to accommodate up to seventy readers at a time. It adopts an open – access policy that enhances easy access to knowledge for the students and staff. As for the fitness and recreation, the college has a gym, a volleyball court, and a possibility to visit the Akal stadium which belongs to this college. The institution also practices organised Annual Sports Day with a view to developing outstanding sports Jamaica within the Learners. Realising the changed educational requirements of the new generation, Ramgarhia College of Education has therefore developed an information technology culture that applies Computer lab both for teaching and learning and assessment/exam and for research activities.

Ramgarhia College of Education offers two full-time courses: A Bachelors of Education (B.ED) and Masters of Education (M.ED) programme. Forty seats have been approved for the B.Ed programme while fifties seats for the M.Ed programme for the academic year 2012-2013. Both of them take two years to finish and give a proper knowledge of educational theory and practice. Baresi to these two specific courses, the college is able to offer immense concentration towards offering well trained educators at both the under graduate and post graduate levels.

The admission procedure of RCoe Ramgarhia however differs with respect to the course that a candidate wants to undertake. In case of the B.Ed programme the admission is made based on the merit of the qualifying examination. This approach will help in ensuring that candidates with waning academic prowess will be given the best chance to go for teaching qualifications. In contrast to the M.Ed programme has more quality for Selecting students. However, for a candidate to be admitted to this college the candidate may choose to sit for entrance examination conducted by the affiliated University or State Government, though the college also sets its own entrance examination in the absence of the stated examinations by the affiliation University or State Government. This way the institution gets to determine how prepared the candidates are for further education classes in the area of teaching. The college also owns a Career Counseling and Placement Cell which arranges campus placements in in association with organisations within the locale to provide job openings to the B.Ed and M.Ed students on their completion. How it has been otherwise it is not known but through such activities that is making to assist students in their higher learning endeavours as well as in their future employment pursuits.