Recognized by NCTE and Affiliated to Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University (BSAEU)
Infrastructure & Learning Resource
The Institution has adequate infrastructure and physical facilities for teaching-learning.
A) Physical Facilities:
The infrastructure of the College ensures adequate facilities for academic activities and physical facilities.
The institution has adequate facilities for Teaching-Learning. They are as follows:
• There are 08 classrooms sizes ranging from 400 sq.ft. to 1200 sq.ft. One classroom has an ICT enabled room for conducting seminars, paper presentations and various teaching-learning activities.
• Our vast Library with a built-in area of 1224 sq.ft. provides access to 18752 books and 126 journals including back volumes, and it is automated with SOUL 2.0.0.12 software. Access to e-resources INFLIBNET-NLIST & NDL are also available.
• There are 8 laboratories which include Physiology and Language Lab.
ICT Lab has 07 computers and a printer include Digital Language Lab with latest hardware and networking that helps to improve the practical skills of students, with 24*7 power backup and latest computing facilities. ICT room is utilized for e-Patasala/Swayam Prabha.
• In enhancing student’s communication skill English language lab with audio visual aids help to improve listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. The language lab is equipped with a central console (Teacher) and 4 (students) clients. It has 4 microphones and 2 speakers cater to the needs of the students of various cognitive levels.
B) Facilities for Cultural, Sports & Games (indoor, outdoor), Gymnasium, Yoga Centre etc.
G. C. M. College of Education strives to healthy mind in a healthy body impart of education. The institution has developed the requisite facilities in order to realize this objective. The institution encourages its students to participate in sporting activities. It provides excellent sports facilities.
• The institution has outdoor & indoor games facilities. Spacious and well-equipped outdoor play ground in the campus ensures effective training for players. Indoor sports like badminton, Table Tennis, Chess and Carom.
• The Cultural Activities enhance the confidence level of the students thereby allowing them to perform better. These activities develop the personality of the students and assist them in shaping a good career. In fact, students can also leverage the advantage of participating in various activities. The Cultural Department gives life to cultural activities and other functions of the College with its accompaniments Harmonium, Tabla, Kartal, Keyboard etc. for background music.
• The Yoga Centre of our College moulds the overall personality of the students and faculty. To inculcate the significance of yoga among students, it is included as a part of curriculum exclusively. Yoga activities are commonly organized in the campuses. Yoga also reduces perceived stress and negative affects in College students thereby improving psychological well-being in them.
Institute has adequate number of laboratories for different subjects. Chemistry-1, Zoology-1, Mathematics-1, Geography-1, Language-1, Physiology Laboratory and Physical Science/Biological Science Methods Laboratory. However all labs are equipped only for undergraduate programmes and this need to be upgraded for postgraduate programmes.
Language Laboratory: There is a language laboratory with 10 consoles, software and multimedia facility.
The College Library was started along with establishment of the College in 1967, in order to cater to the academic and research needs of the students, scholars, staffs, researchers and non- teaching staff of this College. Since, then the College Library has gone from strength to strength to live-up to the expectations of its immediate climates. It is one on the best equipped Libraries in Kolkata and also in the West Bengal.
It has over 19,011 documents on various disciplines. The main collection of the Library is in the field of Education, School Education, Teacher Education, Science Education, Social Science Education and Language Education. The collection of Library comprises of Books, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Atlases, Maps, Back Volumes of Journals, Annual Reports, Yearbooks, Conference proceedings, Educational Surveys & Reports, SCERT, NCTE and NCERT publications. The Library is subscribing to several national and international journals both print and online. It also subscribes to important e-resources.