Swami Vivekananda Universal College of Education, Mayureswar: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Affiliated college in Birbhum, West Bengal is Swami Vivekananda Universa College of Education Mayureswar which was set up in the year 2013. This college is co-educational and NCTE approved focusing on teacher education courses. Located on only 1.02 acres of land, the college teaches four different courses, for which it recruits 500 students in total. The main teaching staff consists of 18 teachers, which allows the institute to keep a rather low students per teacher ratio. Swami Vivekananda Universal College of Education being a teacher education institution will prepare teachers of the future India.

Swami Vivekananda Universa College of Education also aims to have and maintain an environment suitable for the college’s students. It provides a variety of amenities to develop students’ academic and personal characteristics. The library also renders educational support by providing appropriate information literacy materials. State-of-the-art laboratories meet physical and technical requirements of the programmes; teachers training. An auditorium accommodates many events and seminars in addition to enhancing the life of the campus. The college gives priority to technology and has worlds’ best IT facilities and free Wi-Fi in the campus area. Particularly concern students welfare, there is a health centre with a first aid and treatment services. It also has sports facilities such as a basketball court and a volleyball court and even an eatery in form of a cafeteria as well as ample parking space. More surprisingly, the college equally has hostels for both male and female students especially for those students who prefer to transit from their homes to the college since it is relatively far.

There are in total four full time programmes offered at Swami Vivekananda Universal College of Education, all of which have been designed to cater to needs of potential teacher trainees. There is B.Ed, D.El.Ed, BA.B.Ed Integrated, and B.Sc.B.Ed Integrated courses which are offered by the institution. These courses are meant to prepare students for undergraduate teaching practice to enable them to practice as professional teachers. The total sanctioned intake approved for each course is 50, and for the integrated course, it remains unavailable. The college has the capacity to accept five hundred students to be trained as quality educators each year.

This college follows a merit system basis through marks scored in the qualifying examination as well as in entrance examination if any. For the B.Ed and D.El.Ed programmes the admission process is in line with the rules and regulation of the state government and the university to which it is affiliated. The process may require other selection criteria as would be specified by the authorities. As for the tuition fees, there are no fixed dates mentioned but students are encouraged to visit college or talk to the counselor regarding the application date/ schedule.