General Information

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE INSTITUTION:

D.A.V. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ABOHAR, DISTRICT- FAZILKA, STATE- PUNJAB, PIN-152116, E-MAIL- daveduabh@yahoo.com.

CONTACT NO.-01634-220296

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT- 1968

2. TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS OFFERED IN THE INSTITUTION:

A. HISTORY

I. HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION

ON HISTORICAL FOREFRONT, DAV COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ABOHAR AFFILIATED TO PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN 1968 WITH A HUMBLE COMMENCEMENT OF 100 SEATS IN B.ED. .GRADUALLY, THE PROGRESSIVE WHEELS OF SUCCESS IN EXISTED B.E.D COURSE LED THE COLLEGE TO THE ACQUISITION OF M.E.D AND D.EL.ED.. SINCE THEN, UNDER THE ABLE STEWARDSHIP OF SUCCESSION OF PRINCIPALS, THE COLLEGE HAS BEEN INFUSING LOFTY IDEALS OF VEDIC CULTURE THROUGH DAV MOVEMENT. COLLEGE HISTORY HAS WITNESSED THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, COLLEGE HAS BECOME ENKINDLED EDIFICE OF LEARNING IN TEACHER TRAINING IN B.ED.(250 SEATS),M.E.D(50 SEATS) AND D.EL.ED.(50 SEATS).

II. VISION STATEMENT

TO BE ONE OF THE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHER EDUCATION BASED ON INDIAN VEDIC CULTURE AND ETHOS COUPLED WITH MODERNITY.

III. MISSION OF INSTITUTION

• TO PREPARE THE COMPETENT AND COMMITTED TEACHERS.
• TO EQUIP WOULD BE TEACHERS WITH COMPREHENSIVE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION.
• TO MAKE THEM IDEAL TEACHERS BY PROVIDING THEM VALUE-ORIENTED EDUCATION.
• TO DEVELOP IN THEM THE SKILLS OF PREPARING LEARNING MATERIAL.
• TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE REQUIRED SKILLS FOR EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM INTERACTION.
• TO DEVELOP THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL ABILITY.

IV. SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, SUCH AS AWARDS/RECOGNITION, EMINENT ALUMNI ETC.

COLLEGE HAS BEEN CONSECUTIVELY MAKING A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MARK IN THE FIELD OF ACADEMICS, CULTURAL AND SPORTS. GLORIOUS CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE BY EXCELLING IN BRINGING MAXIMUM PRIZES (32 PRIZES DURING 2015-16) IN HERITAGE AND CULTURAL YOUTH FESTIVALS ORGANIZED BY PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH IN VARIOUS COLLEGES. APART FROM THIS, COLLEGE HAS CARVED A NICHE IN SPORTS BY WINNING UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN YOGA AND VOLLEYBALL FOR MORE THAN DECADES.

a. CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION

OUR PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS HAVE MADE ACADEMIC ECHOES BY OBTAINING UNIVERSITY TOP POSITIONS IN PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH FOR MORE THAN DECADES.

b. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION RECEIVED

• COLLEGE PRINCIPAL DR.(MRS)URMIL SETHI AND SPORTS INCHARGE MS.SIMPLE KAMBOJ HAVE BEEN FELICITATED THE HONOUR BY PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN PROMOTION OF SPORTS.
• COLLEGE FACULTY HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR THEIR UNNERVING AND MERITORIOUS CONTRIBUTION IN EDUCATIONAL SPHERE BY VARIOUS SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIETIES.

c. EMINENT ALUMNI

ALUMNAE OF PREVIOUS YEARS OF COLLEGE ARE WELL PLACED ON VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL FOREFRONTS IN EDUCATION, (PRINCIPAL AND OUR OWN FACULTY) ADMINISTRATION (PRINCIPALS, SDM ABOHAR, JUDGES, D.E.OS) RESEARCH (RESEARCH SCHOLARS IN CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES), MEDIA (SINGER, FILM PRODUCERS). TO THE EXTENT OF PRIDE, FEW OF ALUMNAE ARE WELL PLACED ON INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

d. OTHER INFORMATION

LIKE A DEDICATED ARTISAN, COLLEGE PERFORMS THE HERCULEAN TASK OF PREPARING PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS COUPLED WITH VEDIC VALUES. THIS IS TRANSLATED THROUGH SWAMI DAYANANDA STUDY CENTRE, ARYA YUVA SAMAJ OF COLLEGE BY CONDUCTING VEDIC GYAN PARIKSHA, DHARAM SHIKSHA PARIKSHA, BY ORGANISING SEMINARS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, CONFERENCES ON BURNING ISSUES, PARTICIPATING IN INTRA COLLEGE AND INTER COLLEGE COMPETITIONS. HAWAN YAJNA (ON THURSDAYS) IS THE REGULAR FEATURE OF COLLEGE ROUTINE.