College of Teacher Education, Vaikom is one of the Teacher Education Colleges affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.College of Teacher Education, Vaikom started functioning on July 1998, to meet the requirements of trained teachers in various optional subjects. This college has been designed to extend the benefit of Teacher Education to

• Highly qualified candidates who pass out of the universities in every year
• Qualified teachers in service of government, aided/unaided schools of Kerala state who have practical difficulty in getting admission to regular college of Teacher Education
• Qualified Non-residential Indians and their dependants.

This B.Ed course is fully cost based and admission is purely on the basis of merit, norms of community reservation and nativity weightage. After completing more than its decade long successful service, this College of Teacher Education has become a prestigious institution of Kottayam District, Kerala. This institution is located in Vaikom  Municipality,Plot No:   W-4 ,Bl No 4/XIV & 5/XIV of VMC,           Khasra No. 199/10/A &.199/10/ B in Vaikom Town area, Kottayam District,KERALA. The College is very near to the west side of the famous Vaikom Siva Temple, Bounded By

North:                   Public Road:

South:                   Govt Girls High School compound

East:                      Govt Girls High School compound wall

West:                    Govt Girls High School compound

Registered in the office of :SUB REGISTRAR -VAIKOM On  20.06.1997

In tune with NCTE guide lines the intake strength of students is 100. This 100 students are distributed under the faculties Commerce, Malayalam, Natural Science, Physical Science and Social Science. Admission to each faculty is purely on merit with reservation to SC, ST, OEC, OBC etc. subject to the reservation rules and norms of admission issued by the government of Kerala and adopted by the University.

CTE is functioning in the beautiful and calm premise. It became one of the centers of excellence in teacher education with it’s nearly 100% result every year. The College offers the following optional subjects for B.Ed Commerce, Malayalam, Natural Science, Physical Science and Social Science.

The college is now in possession of a hall with 400 seating capacity, and E.T lab, five laboratories–psychology, biology, physical science language and computer – a social science room, physical education room, music and work experience room, sufficient class rooms, principal’s room, office room, store room, common room, staff room and sufficient toilets. The college has fresh drinking water facility with water filter and electricity supply. It is only 20 yards away from the main road.

local self government (Vaikom municipality) authorities have several plans to enhance and enrich the infrastructural facilities of this institution. Municipality maintains a fund of about  20 (Twenty) lakhs as the developmental fund of the institution and this local self-government provide necessary amenities for the college.

Centre for professional and advanced studies Established by Govt of Kerala

“ Education is not the filling of the pail, but the lighting of a fire” W.B YEATS

We are striving to light up fire within each and every student teacher who has  enrolled

\with us Inn the process we treat the parents students teachers and other facilitating staff

As partners and seek highest order of co operations in achieving our set standards

We believe education is the birth right of every child .A child is born with immense strength.Top quality education to all students so as to excel in professional as well as personal life.