Government College of Education

Government College of Education, Komarapalayam is a co-educational state government college located on the Olapalayam road in Komarapalayam, a textile town on the banks of the Cauvery and Bhavani Rivers in Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu. Established in the academic year 1955-56 by the then Government of Madras, it was originally affiliated to the University of Madras, Chennai, and initially offered a B.Ed. Degree course along with a Pandit Training Course. An M.Ed. Degree course began as an evening course in 1974-1975, and the Pandit Training Course ended in October 1976. In 1982-1983, the M.Ed. course became full-time, and the college became co-educational in 1990-1991. It is now affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Chennai, established in 2008-2009, and is approved by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), New Delhi. The college holds a 'B' Grade accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in its second cycle. Its academic 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.