The history of Patna Training College dates back to 1908, when three other training colleges in the cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Decca were also established in the years 1906, 1908 and 1910 respectively. This college is operating as a constituent unit of Patna University with Department of Education and Women’s Training College, which are jointly constitute the Faculty of Education of Patna University. Initially, the college was affiliated to the Calcutta University and later it came under the jurisdiction of Patna University.

Course details:

Patna Training College offers one-year Bachelor of Education course for boys and the college is approved to admit 90 students per year for this course. Recently in the year 2008, the curriculum of this course was modified by the Patna University.

Admission Procedure:

For admission of students to the B. Ed course offered by the Patna Training College, mark secured by the students in the Bachelor of Education Entrance Test is taken as criteria. Apart from this, the mark secured by the students in the qualifying examination is also taken into account.

Campus of the college:

Patna Training College has a magnificent double storey building of modern British style and the campus is spread over an area of 25000 sq. meters. The college is located opposite to the Patna Collegiate School at Baripath. The hostel connected to the college is located just opposite to the college with 10 four seated rooms and 40 single seated rooms. The campus of the college also includes residence of non-teaching staff, some teachers and the principal.

College Library:

Library at Patna Training College has a rich collection of books under nearly 1000 volumes and it subscribes for more than 25 journals in the area of teacher education and allied fields. In addition, the management adds substantial number of journals and books on a regular basis to the library. A reading room with a seating capacity of 40 students is also attached to the library.

Lab facilities:

Patna Training College offers the following lab facilities to the students:

• Classroom transaction

• Science lab

• Computer/ET Lab

Contact Details:

Patna Training College,

Baripath,

Dariyapur,

Patna – 800 004

Phone: 0612-2302037

Website: http://ptcpu.org/