Khalsa College of Education - KCE

Khalsa College of Education has its roots in the main Khalsa College, Amritsar. It started its onerous Journey as a B.T. Deptt,. in the year 1954. In 1959, the B.T. Deptt., took the shape of a full fledged independent college and was housed in the present magnificent building, then known as “Patiala House”, a gift from His Highness Maharaja Rajinder Singh Mohinder Bahadhur ruler of Patiala, at his coronation on October 23rd 1890. Initially, there were two units of 100 B.T. students, subsequently one unit of J.B.T. and two more units of B.Ed. students were added.In 1969, J.B.T. class was taken over by the state Govt. and shifted to J.B.T. centre, Verka. In 1969-70, M.Ed. class was added which is functioning satisfactorily till date and is providing teacher educators to this region. In the year 1987-88, G.N.D.U. started M.Phil (Education) class in this college, which was discontinued in 1995-96 with a plea that M.Phil had become irrelevant with the introduction of National Eligibility Test for the recruitment of College teachers. In the year 1991-92, the college took another progressive step and started one year B.Ed. N & E course with graduation as the basic qualification. However, this had to be discontinued in the session 1994-95, as the state Govt. did not recognize this course equivalent to B.Ed. At present, the college has 50 M.Ed., 200 B.Ed. and 40 PGDCA (T.E.) seats. This college also acts as a centre for in-service teacher training for B.Ed. (Distance Mode) of Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi. About 200 students are presently doing B.Ed. (D.M) under the experienced guidance of the staff. From the session 2009-10 IGNOU has established a programme centre in this college for M.Ed. (Distance Mode) . This college has produced maximum number of Ph.D. in Education in Punjab. It’s singular contribution is much greater than the contribution of all the colleges of Education in Punjab. The college has planned to start P.G. Diploma in Early Childcare and Education (PGDECCE), Certificate Course in Early Childcare and Education (CCECCE) and Certificate Course in Human Rights and Duties Education (CCHRDE). For these programmes , we are in the process to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Newzealand ,Teritary College, Auckland, Newzealand. Each programme will have 50 seats. It is a matter of pride that Khalsa College of Education is the first institution in the Northern Region, which has been recognized by N.C.T.E. and accepted as Nodal institution for the North Zone. The National Council of Teacher Education has also made this college a Master co-ordinating college for conducting Information Communication Technology Camps in Punjab and neighbouring states. In future, this college will act as Multi-media Development and Research Center of N.C.T.E. The college has been accreditated and re-accreditated as A grade institution by NAAC at 3.35 CGPA.