Govt College of Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram ::[GCTE]

History of College Government College of Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram has a wonderful history beginning from the early long periods of twentieth Century.
This Mother Teacher Education Institution in Kerala, the second in the field of Teacher Education in Madras Province, close to Training College at Saidapet, was set up in 1895 as a Normal School on the usage of the proposals of Hunter Commission Report of 1882 for improving the nature of instruction through improving Teacher viability.
The Normal School was raised to the status of a Training College in 1911 as His Highness The Maharaja’s Training College and was partnered to Madras University.
The school conferred preparing for both Graduate and Under Graduate Teachers of recent Travancore.
The individuals who finished the instructor instructional class effectively were respected with a Licentiate of Teaching (LT) degree.
The trade school in Trivandrum was set up at standard with worldwide principles with sufficient scholarly and regulatory offices.
The first structure was built looking like English letter ‘T’ with the school classes in the first line and the trial school at the last part.
Every single room in the structure was planned keeping in see the necessities of various subjects.
The organization initially associated to Madras University was later moved to Travancore University in 1937, when it was comprised by the declaration of Maharaja of Travancore, Sri Chithira Thirunal Balaramavarma.
In this way there was an adjustment for the sake of the degree from L T to B T (Bachelor of Training).
Afterward, following the All India design, the terminology was changed to B Ed (Bachelor of Education).