 The Department of Education is a beehive of academic activities from its
inception in 1953. The building of the Department of Education was
inaugurated by the eminent Philosopher and Former President of India
Dr.S.Radhakrishnan on 26th December 1955. The Department offers B.Ed.,
M.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D., and D.Litt courses. All the Teacher Education
Programmes are recognized by the NCTE. The members of the faculty keep in
constant touch with the latest developments in the field of education as
visualized by various Education Commissions and National Polices on
Education, in order to face with confidence the challenges of education in the
dynamic technological world and become a global centre of excellence. It has
spacious R.K.Shanmugam Chettiyar building with requisite for teaching,
learning, research and extensional activities. The faculty periodically
restructures and updates the courses to match international standards. The
Vision of the Department is “Preparing the competency based commitment
oriented teachers to create a better progressive social order, promotion of
research, experimentation and development of productive efficiency of the
educand".
The Department of Education has organized two International Conferences,
five National level seminar and two National Level Workshops. Department of
Education has produced 236 M.Phil and 170 Ph.Ds. Staff of the department
have published 512 articles in reputed National Journals and 250 in
International Journals. They have also attended number of International
conferences and National level Conferences (102 & 312respectively). It has also
completed seven major projects and three major projects are ongoing. Further
the Department of education has been sponsored by UGC under SAP – DRS-II
for the period of five years from 2015-2020.
The distinguished alumni of the Department of Education are working
as Vice-Chancellor, Head of the Departments in various Universities, Principals
in various colleges, Chief Education Officers and District Education Officers.
The first and second Vice Chancellors of the Tamilnadu Teachers Education
University and the former Vice Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University are
the Alumni of the Department of Education. |
