College of Education, Kharod

About the Trust

The Ankleshwar Progressive Education Trust (APET), Kharod, Dist. Bharuch is a well-known trust imparting Teacher Training, CBSE Schooling, Industrial Training, and Health care services.

The visionary Mr. Ahmed Patel (MP) inspired the local leaders like Shree Arif Vazifdar- a Social worker and Shree Mohmed Bhaiyat-Sarpach to start a B.Ed. College to impart teacher training to the needy, poor, adivasi girls and boys so that they can survive and share their contribution to up bring the marginalised community.

The visionary founders of this trust believed teacher-training to be an effective means of social and economic enrichment. Hence all the efforts of the leaders, past as well as present, reflect this perspective. Since teacher performance is the most crucial input in the field of education, the Ankleshwar Progressive Education Trust-Kharod, Dist. Bharuch, Gujarat established this teacher training college (B.Ed. College) to prepare teachers who can impart instructions effectively and interestingly.

The College started its functioning on the auspicious day 05th September, 1991, the Teacher’s Day 1991 in a building of the village madrasa. Later on the Trust received some 7 acres of land from the GIDC, Ankleshwar, Govt. of Gujarat and build its own building for the College, School and ITI.

Kharod is a small village some 10 kilometres away from Ankleshwar Valia Chowkdi towards Surat on the national highway no. 08.

Since inception of the College till 2020, the College was affiliated with Veer Narmad South Gujarat University-Surat and since June 2020 the College has been affiliated with the Indian Institute of Teacher Education, Gandhinagar, (IITE-Gandhinagar).

Between the year 2004 to 2015 the College also imparted teacher training to approx. 1200 IGNOU B.Ed. Distance Learners and received a B.Ed. degree from IGNOU-Indira Gandhi National Open University-New Delhi.

In the year 2016-17, NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling-New Delhi) guided Di.El.Ed. (Diploma in Elementary Education) 2 years distance mode programme was also conducted at the College.

Till the year 2019-20, 1665 students got training from this institute and are serving in the field of education. In addition, the college also supervises/guides Ph.D. students in the area of education. At present the college has 3 Ph.D. guides and all teachers have PG recognition. So far the College has produced 18 Ph.D. students.