Government College of Education

Government College of Education, Komarapalayam is a co-educational, state government education college situated at Komarapalayam in Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu. It was established in the academic year 1955-56 by the then Government of Madras, now the Tamil Nadu Government. Initially affiliated to the University of Madras, Chennai, the college first offered a B.Ed. Degree course and a Pandit Training Course. An M.Ed. Degree Course began as an evening course in 1974-1975, the Pandit Training Course was discontinued in October 1976, and the M.Ed. course became full-time in 1982-1983. The institution became co-educational during 1990-1991. It now functions as an affiliated institute of 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. Located on Olapalayam Road in Komarapalayam, a textile town on the banks of the Cauvery and Bhavani rivers, the college has teaching departments in Tamil, English, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, History, and Education, along with infrastructure such as hostels, a basketball court, playground, seminar hall, Kamarajar building, psychology laboratory, language laboratory, and library.