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superstructure of Education has made great qualitative progress in last forty
years. Before 1940 there were no educational service among the tribals”
The Government of Andhra Pradesh accorded the permission for opening of College of Teacher Education at Utnoor Dist. Adilabad for the tribal students under RIAD Programme vide the G.O.Ms.No.34 Edn (SE_TRG) Dept.Dt.23.02.2008. The NCTE Bangalore has granted recognition to College of Teacher Education Laltekdi, Utnoor of Adilabad District for conducting B.Ed., Course of one year duration with an annual intake of 100 from the academic session 2008-09 vide F.SRO/NCTE/B.Ed/2008-09/4086. Dt.22.08.2008. The Govt. of AP permission granted for admission of ST Candidates from the year 2008-09 vide G.O.Ms.No.111 Edn (SE-TRG) Dept. Dt.09.09.2008. The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education Hyderabad permitted to fill up the seat by ST candidates vide Lr.No.APSCHE/ SEcty/ CETs/ Sep, Dt.18.09.2008.Mathematics-25, Bio. Science & Physics-30, Social Studies & English -45 Total intake capacity 100. Faculties are deputed from PETC K.B Complex Utnoor and from Ashram Schools working on deputations.
Adilabad which is one of the educationally backward district in the Andhra
Pradesh State covering 75% of Maharastra State as boarder in three sides and
River Godavari in the south side. Infact Geographically covered with forests
and good environmental atmosphere with ecological balance. Utnoor Division
which is situated in Remote Agency area is one of the backward division in
Adilabad Dist. To literate and improve the position of the Gonds, Pradhans and
Kolams the first major educational experiment launched among tribal community of
Andhra Pradesh was the Gond Educational scheme in Adilabad Distirct initiated by
the Nizam’s Government in 1943. The first training centre established in Marlwai
with literate Gonds of Marlwai to produce enough Gondi speaking teachers to make
it possible to start within a few years a network of primary Gond schools
extending over greater part of the district. By 1946 thirty primary Gond
schools were functioning, and by 1949 their number had more than trebled. In
order to improve gradually the standard of the Gond teachers, all of them were
annually assembled at Marlwai for a course of instruction lasting one month .
In this way the level of competence was raised, and they were familiarized with
new developments in the sphere of tribal welfare.
The success of this centre encouraged the social service Department to establish
a second centre at Ginnedhari, Gond village in Asifabad Taluk. In 1972 the
character of tribal schools was changed. Many single schools were closed and
staff and children grouped together in so called ashram schools. From 1975 on
wards the strength of Ashram schools raised enormously to the needs of
students. In 1988 Sub-Diet centre was opened at Laltekdi Utnoor to meet the
training needs of the 1000 primary School Teachers appointed in 1987.
To develop teaching skills, there is strong focus on teacher training in order
to build the capacities of the teachers in understanding the purpose and
methodology of teaching.
In the field of education though there are (40) Govt. and Private Degree
Colleges are functioning in Adilabad Dist. In agency area at Utnoor Revenue
division headquarters no BEd college is available. Every year approximately
1800 ST students are completing their Degree studies only 6% seats are allotted
for STs in the BEd colleges. Due to non availability of admission to all STs in
the BEd colleges most of the students are loosing their good opportunities for
further studies and also discontinuing their studies. Govt. BEd colleges are
located in far away places. The ST students cannot offered their studies in
private BEd colleges by paying huge amounts as they are coming from poor
families. It is a long cherished but unfulfilled demand of the Tribals of
Utnoor Division to open a B.Ed college.
There is very essential to open B.Ed college to create educational opportunities
among the Agency tribes to bring radical changes in the tribal education
scenario to promote quality of teacher education in the Tribal areas to provide
academic guidance support and orientation in the fields of education to organize
free coaching camps and trainings to the tribals to provide quality of
education and training needs of tribal teachers and also provide resource
support services to the tribal teachers.
Objectives
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To create educational opportunities among the Agency tribes.
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To bring radical changes in the tribal education scenario.
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To promote academic guidance, support and orientation in the field of education.
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To organize free coaching camps and training needs of tribal teachers.
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To provide quality of education and training needs of tribal teachers.
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To provide resource support services to the tribal teachers.
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