Partap College Of Education

The essence of various aims and objectives of Partap Charitable Trust  is upliftment of  society  through  service by arousing  social conscience of the people. The trust expresses  its concern for working creatively, selflessly and with dedication. 

It holds the belief  in high esteem  that by making  the people  socially  responsible, a  responsible  society can emerge and vice-versa.

Partap Charitable Trust was founded in the memory of S. Partap Singh, Great Grandfather of Prof. J.P . Singh, Chairman of the trust who was the founder of village Partap Singh Wala, by a group of eminent scholars, professors and educationists of national and international  level.

The  trust was  registered  in November 1996 with one of  its main objectives  to organize social, cultural and educational institutions. To begin with, the trust established Partap institute of Social Welfare and Development at its campus, Hambran Road,Ludhiana.

To meet the necessity of competent and quality teachers to the tune of international standards with a thorough insight of culture, society and future of the country, the Trust decided to establish a teacher training college with its identity as Partap College of Education which  is a model  institution  to  fulfill  the demand of qualitative  training of  teachers who are going  to  lead new generation  into the challenging 21st  century.

Partap College of Education was established in the year 2000, it is recognized by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and permanently affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh. College is running B.Ed. Course with 200 seats.

The society at large is deeply concerned with school education. With the onset of 21st  century, the values are fast changing. To meet these new challenges, the school education has also undergone a tremendous change.

So, looking towards the need of schools and employment opportunities, the managing committee of the college decided to start two year diploma course in D.El.Ed. with 50 seats  in  the year 2006 with  the permission of NCTE and affiliated  to SCERT(Punjab).

Society has a responsibility to prepare good teacher educators who have the requisite competence, commitment and an urge to perform at  their best. To meet  the emergence of  teacher educators  the  institution decided  to  introduce M.Ed. course  from  the session 2007-08. This course  is  recognized by NCTE and affiliated  to Panjab University, Chandigarh.

As per NCTE regulations 2014  the B.Ed. and M.Ed. courses are of  two year duration with semester  system.

The college is located in a pollution free zone in its own land. It has modern class rooms, well equipped laboratories, library, auditorium, conference hall, health care centre, heritage centre and hostel for girls.

The laboratories are continuously upgraded with all the latest innovations and gadgets. The college also has standard language lab, facilities for indoor games, vast play fields and well maintained lawns.

College has a spacious, rich library with high quality text books, reference books, national and international journals, magazines, news papers and  internet  facility.

The college has well qualified staff. Five teachers hold Ph.D. Degree and four teachers are pursuing their Ph.D. work, which is near completion.

The institute is affiliated to Panjab University Chandigarh. It is a multi faculty institute running M.Ed., B.Ed. and D.El.Ed. courses  recognized by NCTE.With the onset of the training the college tries its level best to impart skills, develop attitude and reconstruction of aptitude.

A strenuous training is given to the students which is reflected in their behavioural change during their stay in the college as well as when they join as teachers in various institutions. Different activities in the class room and outside the classroom lead them towards sound professionalism and help  them  to grow professionally as a  teacher  in  their  life.

A sense of honour  is  incorporated  in  them while  their stay in this college, they feel proud and elevated that they have become TEACHERS. The inspiring force is our Motto “STRIVE, SUCCEED, SERVE”.

This  college  has  been  successful  in  setting  the  trends  in  qualitative  teacher  education  by  its  innovative  strategies  in collaboration with national and international organizations. The strenuous professional training through intellectual deliberations and extra –curricular activities  lead  to  the development of attitude, aptitude and skills which ultimately develop a pride  in  them  for becoming a  TEACHER. 

For  strengthening  of  these  academic  programmes  an  effective  relationship  is  maintained  with  Panjab  University, Chandigarh, NCTE, SCERT, UGC, DPI(Punjab) and Teaching practice schools.

The college was accredited by NAAC with B+ grade in the year 2006 when  it was a single  faculty college having only B.Ed. course with 100 seats and only seven  teachers. A  tremendous growth has taken place since then and now  it  is a multi faculty TEI.  In 2015 college was reaccredited by NAAC with  ‘A’ Grade.  Its growth and contribution has been meeting  the vision and mission of  its  founders.

Mission

• To develop self esteem and self confidence among the weaker sections & provide equal opportunities.
• To provide high quality teachers equipped with knowledge, skills, good human and social values, right attitude, enthusiasm and passion for teaching.
• To engage in research and using research as a tool to meet the challenges of education.
• To engage in the evolution of healthy practices, to become role model to others and to emulate the best practices to attain higher levels of excellence.
• To collaborate with International organizations for international partnership and career long professional learning of teachers, teachers educators and heads of educational institutions.

• To improve the infrastructure of the institution with benchmark standards.

• To achieve academic excellence through hard work and dedication.

Vision

The vision of the institution is to transform into an institution of excellence for the development of human capital as an efficient teaching community.

Values of The Institution

• Strive-Succeed-Serve
• Quest for Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Working creatively, selflessly and with dedication
• Creating professional learning communities

Objectives

• To prepare highly competent teachers with global standards to serve the National and International community.
• To make the prospective teachers understand the bases of education so that they can perform their role effectively in the society.
• To inculcate the right skills, values and attitude among future teachers.
• To inculcate environmental values among future teachers.
• To develop a sense of community/social service among future teachers.
• To equip future teachers with latest (ICT) technology and technical know-how.
• To provide opportunity to the faculty for continuing professional development and career long professional learning.
• To collaborate with various national and international educational organizations and professional bodies to develop professional learning communities.
• To promote and support professional learning and development of Teachers and Teacher Educators.