School of Education

Department of Education


Centre for Distance and Online Education

Department of Education, started in the year 2006 in the Centre for Distance and Online Education with the aims of enhancing the Professional Competencies and Skills of the Teachers working in Elementary, Secondary and Senior Secondary schools. The Annual intake of the B.Ed. (ODL) programme is 500 as per the NCTE - 2014 regulations

Thus it leads to develop:

  • Competence to teach the subjects of specialization on the basis of the accepted principles of learning and teaching
  • Skills, understanding, interests and attitudes which would enable the to foster all round growth and development of students
  • Skills in identifying, selecting, innovating and organizing learning experiences for teaching school subjects
  • Understanding of psychological principles of growth and development, individual differences and cognitive, psychomotor and attitudinal learning
  • Skills in guiding the students in order to enable them to solve their personal as well as academic problems
  • Understanding of the role of home, school and community in shaping the personality of the child and help to develop an amicable home-school relationship for mutual benefit
  • Understanding of the role of school in a changing society and
  • Ability to undertake investigatory projects and action research to improve the school system

'புதியதோர் உலகம் செய்வோம்'
We will create a brave new world