The college offers a wide range of courses in education. The details of the programmes offered by the College are presented below.
Bachelor Degree in Education (B.Ed.)
Two-year B.Ed. programme consisting of four semesters.
Master Degree in Education (M.Ed.)
Two-year postgraduate programme spread over four semesters.
Ph.D. Programme
Doctor of Philosophy in Education programme.
The B.Ed. course was started in the year 1950. From 2015 onwards, the one-year B.Ed. programme of the college has been restructured as a two-year programme consisting of four semesters as per the norms of NCTE and TNTEU.
The programme comprises of three broad curricular areas:
- Perspectives in Education: This theory part consists of core courses and an elective course.
- Curricular and Pedagogic Studies: The course enables students to specialize in their school subjects through Optional I and Optional II.
- Engagement with Field: Includes school internship, tasks, assignments and the course on Enhancing Professional Capacities.
Optional I Papers: Commerce, Computer Science and General English.
Optional II Papers: Biological Science (Botany and Zoology), Commerce, History, Mathematics, Physical Science (Physics and Chemistry) and Special English.
The M.Ed. course was started in the year 1964. Till the academic year 2014–2015, the course was of one-year duration.
From 2015 onwards, the duration has been increased to two years spread over four semesters as per the norms of NCTE and TNTEU.
The course has twelve theory papers, practical aspects classified as Competence Enhancement Practical (CEP) and Performance Enhancement Practical (PEP), internship and dissertation.
The College offers a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy in Education) degree programme on full-time and part-time basis.
Full-time and part-time opportunities are available.