St Xavier's College of Education, Pudukkottai: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

St. Xavier’s College of Education is a teacher training college situated at Pudukkottai Tamil Nadu, India which started its functioning from the academic year 2007-2008. This affiliated college is approved by the National Council for Teacher Education(NCTE) and mainly focuses on cultivating teachers. Located in a small 5 acre land, it provides a centralised teaching atmosphere to students who want to become teachers. This allows the college to admit 200 students in total and provide a faculty of 16 who pay personal attention to students as well as serve as quality tutors.

St. Xavier’s College of Education has at its disposal a number of ultra-modern facilities to aid in the accomplishment of its educational objectives. The school owns 5,800 books, 12 journals, and 10 magazines The library, therefore, acts as an information centre to the learners as well as instructors. Iaboratories outfitted in English, Mathematics, Physical Science, Biological Sciene and Home Science offer practical experience. Mentionable, the college ensuring the application of technological advancement in learning, the students in the college computer centre learning the modern teaching skills. Indoor and outdoor facilities are provided for Overall Development of the students, they are also sent to participate in regional and State level sports meets. It is also cares about students’ health with a presence of a college health centre that offers first aid services.

St. Xavier's College of Education currently offers one primary course: the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) programme. This is a two year full course with an admitting capacity of one hundred students as a measure towards offering quality teacher education. The proposed B.Ed programme aims to meet that important goal of preparing students with adequate knowledge, skills and teaching practicum for a successful teaching profession.

Admission to St. Xavier’s College of Education is centralised based on the merit of marks of the qualifying examination and or the entrance test. The admission policies in the college are in line with the those of the state government, Union Territory administration, and the university with which the college is affiliated. This helps to establish meritocracy with regard to selection of prospective educators. Although all details concerning the scholarships are unavailable, it is lamentable the college keeps a book bank aiming to help the ‘poor’ students, which proves the college’s good intention to help the less privileged extend their education.

St. Xavier’s College of Education, Pudukkottai has made tremendous efforts to come up with an effective course in teacher education with the modern amenities and style of moulding the teacher trainees to become effective facilitators in future. With regard to its geographic accessibility, the school occupies a very good location and free transport facilities for 30 Km radius in four directions of Pudukkottai district are provided for students from different parts of the region.