Government College of Education

Government College of Education, Komarapalayam is a co-educational state government education college located at Komarapalayam in Namakkal District of Tamil Nadu. It was established in the academic year 1955-56 by the then Government of Madras, and was initially affiliated to the University of Madras, Chennai. The college originally offered a B.Ed. Degree course and a Pandit Training Course; the M.Ed. Degree Course began as an evening course in 1974-1975 and became full-time in 1982-1983. The Pandit Training Course was discontinued in October 1976. The college became co-educational during 1990-1991. It is now affiliated with Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Chennai, established in 2008-2009, and is approved by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), New Delhi. It is accredited with a 'B' Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in its second cycle of accreditation. The college is situated on Olapalayam road in Komarapalayam, a textile town on the banks of the Cauvery and Bhavani rivers. Teaching departments include Tamil, English, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, History, and Education. Infrastructure includes hostels for boys and girls, a basketball court, playground, seminar hall, Kamarajar building, psychology laboratory, language laboratory, and library.