Message from the Principal

Sponsored Teachers’ Training College, Purulia was established to impart quality and value based Teacher Education in 1964 by the West Bengal Government under the auspices of the ‘Women Development Scheme’ during the Third Five Year Plan vide G.O. No. 2318-Edn (G), dated the 6^th July, 1964 as a Govt. Sponsored College with the name “Sponsored Teachers’ Training College for Women”. It started its journey from the academic session 1964-65 with an intake of 40 (forty) women trainee under affiliation of the Burdwan University. The Government of West Bengal has permitted the College for ‘Co-education’ teaching from the academic session 1969-70 with an increased intake of 200. The College has been renamed as “Sponsored Teachers’ Training College, Purulia”. Later on the college came under Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University from the academic session 2010-11. Recently it has come under the umbrella of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University (Erstwhile The West Bengal University of Teachers' Training Education Planning and Administration) from the academic session 2018-20. The College has earned the NCTE Recognition and Revised Recognition to run the B.Ed. Course vide No. ERC/7-37(ER-37.6.1)/2003/1553(1); Dated the 11^th August, 2003 and F.ERC/NCTE/APE00221/B.Ed.(Revised Order)/2015/32080; dated the 25^th May, 2015 respectively and included under... read more »