Our Motto
Come to Learn, Go to Serve • Admissions open for 2026–27 • A Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education
TGCE is proud of having a library with more than 13,000 books. It remains open on all the working days of the College from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and books are issued during this period. It has a Reading Room, Reference Section and Journal Section for the benefit of the trainees and staff.
In order to meet the requirement of Digital Electronics and Microprocessor for the trainees of Computer Science, a well-equipped electronic lab is functioning in the College. It has 4 working tables with Microprocessor kit where 12 trainees can work at a time.
To conduct experiments in psychology a well-equipped psychology lab is functioning in the College with all modern equipment, apparatus, tests and experiments.
A Language Lab for use of 20 students at a time has been made functional recently to bring out the language learning abilities of the trainees and make them competent in the language.
TGCE has two Computer Labs. Computer Lab-I is equipped with around 30 computers and Lab-II is with 12 computers to make the trainees savvy with computer technology.
It has science equipment, models and charts required for imparting training up to secondary class.
It provides training to prepare Teaching Learning Materials from waste materials.
The College has a separate Microteaching Lab-cum-Smart Classroom where trainees are given training to develop various teaching skills individually. It is also used as a Smart Classroom where trainees are exposed to digital teaching.
The College has a separate internet room for the benefit of the trainees and staff with leased line connection.
The AV Hall of the College is equipped with all modern equipment required for training purpose. It can accommodate and give training to 50 participants at a time.
The Tagore College Staff & Trainees Welfare Cooperative Society is registered under the Cooperative Society's Registration Act and provides stationery and light refreshments at concessional rates to the trainees and staff.
It provides a glimpse of the teachers who worked in the past in these islands and also a collection of various photographs and educational materials.
The College Seminar Gallery has a seating capacity of 200 trainees equipped with modern equipment. Similarly the Conference Hall of the College can accommodate 40 participants at a time. It is also equipped with all modern equipment.
The department of Physical Education offers facilities for various games such as table tennis, gymnasium, volleyball court and badminton court.
The Teaching Internship Programme for the B.Ed. trainees is a regular feature in the annual academic activities that is held in two phases. During internship the trainees are sent to schools in and around Port Blair where they take part in all the activities of the school to enrich their school experience and participation under the supervision of the Head and the practicing teachers of the institutions.
The Annual Training Camp is yet another annual feature of the academic activities of TGCE. The trainees attend a five-day Annual Camp and they are provided exposure to First Aid, Traffic Rules and Safety, Scout and Guides, Environmental Education and Fire Fighting etc. Trainees are also taken to rural areas to conduct house surveys and create awareness among the masses on social evils such as Alcoholism, Illiteracy, Child Labour etc.
The Annual Study Tours are yet another feature of TGCE in which the trainees are taken to various places of historical and environmental importance where they gain first-hand experience about the history of these Islands. They also visit rural schools and learn about the teaching-learning process there. Seminars, debates and symposiums are regularly conducted at TGCE in which the trainees participate enthusiastically and get exposure to develop their various teaching and learning skills.
