Government College of Teacher Education,Thiruvananthapuram Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Gym, Auditorium & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

Infrastructure Facilities :-
The institution acquired the status of a Residential Campus including the College buildings, staff quarters, hostels for men and women, auditorium and play grounds.

Library:
A full-fledged library is functioning in this College. It extends its facilities to students and teachers and even to students and scholars of other Colleges. The Library consists of 26699 books on various titles. The Library subscribes almost 22 journals and magazines too.

Hostels for Men and Women:
Separate hostels for men and women are available in the Campus itself. The hostel for men can accommodate 15 inmates and that of women can hold 30 inmates.

Main Block:T
he main building of the College is a two storied one with Principal's room, administrative section, staff room, Geography classroom, general library, research room, two general halls, one Seminar hall, Audio-visual room, Computer room and three classrooms viz. M.Ed, English & Geography, on upstairs. The Physical Science department, Natural Science department, Natural Science Museum and two classrooms are functioning in the ground floor of this building.

UGC Building:
A concrete terraced building with five classrooms is situated behind the main building. This building was constructed utilizing the funds of the University Grants Commission during the year 1998.

CTE Building:
A two storied building with four classrooms viz. Malayalam, Sanskrit, Hindi & Tamil. The Educational Technology lab, Psychology lab, Language lab, Research Block, Computer Lab, Ladies waiting room and toilets also function in this building.

• Technology Lab is equipped with five computers, LCD Projector, Overhead Projectors, and a Multimedia System with Internet facility.
• Language Lab consists of nine cabins with one headphone in each. An audio system with tape recorder, headphone and master microphone controls the functions in the lab. Nine trainees can be trained simultaneously in the language lab.
• Recently started a well equipped computer lab (A/C) consisting of 45 computers with internet facility.

Seminar Hall:
The Seminar Hall can accommodate 150-200 persons and is well furnished.

Staff Quarters:
The staff quarters comprises of four family quarters; one for the Principal, one for Office staff and two quarters for teaching staff. All of them are at present occupied.

Man power:
At present the College offers 10 optional subjects for B.Ed and the sanctioned strength is 200. Strength for M.Ed Course is 6. The total strength of teaching staff is 16 including the Principal. More than ten members of the teaching faculty are Ph.D holders and are engaged in various activities especially conducting seminars, conferences and workshops. They are voluntarily helping other governmental and non-governmental organizations as experts and resource persons.