Tagore Government College of Education (TGCE)

The TGCE has been growing ever since its inception in 1981. The college started providing a platform for the graduates and postgraduates passing out of JNRM, Port Blair and Mahatma Gandhi Govt. College, Mayabunder to seek a professional course and also to seek a job. There were 50 trainees in the first batch of the College and it’s a matter of pride for this college that many of the officers and teachers in the Education Department and other departments of A&N Administration and Central Govt. Departments are its products. In 1987-88, the affiliation of this College was shifted to Pondicherry Central University. With the establishment of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in 1993 as a statutory authority, the Govt. B.Ed. College got its recognition from the NCTE in 1997. On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of India’s Independence in August 1998, the Govt. B.Ed. College was re-christened as Tagore Govt. College of Education (TGCE). In the same year, a 34 bedded ‘Rani Lakshmi Hostel for Women Teacher Trainees’ for the women trainees hailing from inter islands started functioning. The College got a new building in April 2004 with all facilities required for teacher training. The 4 year integrated courses were introduced in TGCE in 2003-04 which was a feather in its cap with Computer Science and English. Later Mathematics was added to this programme. The Bachelor of Science Education (B.Sc. B.Ed. for Mathematics and Computer Science), the Bachelor of Arts Education (B.A. B.Ed.) are meant and designed as 3 integrated programmes of Teacher Education, aimed at preparing competent teachers for the secondary school level and incorporate appropriate components of General Education, Subject Specialization and Professional Education. The TGCE that had been a tiny sapling in 1981 has grown up into a huge tree with its branches stretching out in various directions. The College is the Centre for conducting various Exams such as Sainik School and RIMC, SSC, Distance Education programmes of University of Madras, Alagappa University etc. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has revised its Regulations in the year 2014 and two years B.Ed. degree programme has been introduced in the College as per the revised norms. It also offers four years integrated courses in B.Sc. B.Ed. Computer Science, B.Sc. B.Ed. Mathematics, B.A. B.Ed. English, B.A. B.Ed. Hindi, B.A. B.Ed. History with an intake of total 100 trainees in every year.