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still bears the name ‘Old
College Lane’. The institute has a sprawling
campus of about five acres of land comprising of
institute, residential and hostel complex. Its
inside atmosphere is shady and green due to
presence of many kinds of trees and orchards.
The chirping of birds and the cool breeze of the
river Kathajodi make its atmosphere more
pleasing and enjoyable. The remembrance of
Kabibara Radhanath Roy, a great teacher and poet
in whose name the institute is glorified
adds to
the serenity
and sanctity of the
institute’s
atmosphere. Entrance
into the institute
complex creates an
academic mood in
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Profile of the Institute
The history of
Radhanath Institute of Advanced studies in
Education reveals that the oldest Teacher
Education Institute of Orissa came into
existence in 1869 as the Cuttack Normal School
with the purpose of training the lower class
pundits to man Primary schools as per the
recommendations of Wood’s Dispatch of 1854 and
Stanley’s Dispatch of 1859.
It began with two
departments, namely, i) The Guru Training
Department and ii) The Pundit Training
Department with separate staff for each. The
duration of training of the former was one year
and that of the latter was three years. In 1875,
under Sir George Campbell’s Scheme, the system
of Normal School was reorganised and the Cuttack
Normal School was converted into a first grade
school renamed as Cuttack Training School.
Initially, it admitted only middle vernacular
and later matriculates to prepare teachers for
middle Vernacular Schools. In 1923, after the
establishment of the Cuttack Training College,
the school was renamed secondary Training School
which is now known as Radhanath Secondary
Training School.
As per the Education
Policy of 1913, the Cuttack Training College was
established in 1923 to prepare teachers offering
Licentiate in the Teaching (L.T.) course of
one year duration.
The minimum entry qualification for the course
was graduation. The college began with 28
stipendiary seats. It was affiliated to the Patna
University. The Ravenshaw Collegiate School was
attached it for practice teaching. The institute
had its permanent building adjacent to the
Ravenshaw Collegiate School, both in the same
campus.
In 1948, when the
Orissa High Courts was installed in the District
Court building at Cuttack, the Cuttack Training
College buildings were taken over by the
District Court. As such the Cuttack Training
College had to move to the premises of Radhanath
Secondary Training School.
The L.T. Course
offered by the Cuttack Training College was
renamed as Diploma in Education (D. Ed) after
1926. After Utkal University came into
existence, the Training College was affiliated
to it. Utkal University adopted new regulation
to upgrade the D.Ed course to B.Ed in 1955.
Since then, Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) course
is being offered by this college. In July, 1957,
one year post-graduate course leading to Master
of Education (M.Ed) degree was introduced in
this college with necessary affiliation accorded
by Utkal University for 10 seats. In 1972, the
number of M.Ed seats was increased to 24 to meet
the increasing demand. The intake capacity for
the B.Ed course has varied from time to time and
currently it is 128.
In
conformity with the recommendation of the
National Policy on Education (1986), the former
Radhanath Training
College, Cuttack was upgraded to the status of
an Institute of Advanced studies in Education (IASE)
with effect from 1.9.1988 in pursuance of the
sanction order of ministry of Human Resource
Development, Govt. of India. Consequent upon its
up gradation it has been renamed Radhanath
Institute of Advanced Studies in Education.
Since then, this Institute has been functioning
as a pace-setting center in the field of Teacher
Education. Its operational wavelength has been
extended to teaching and research, in-service
training for secondary school teachers for
enrichment of content knowledge and pedagogic
skills, publication and extension. The M.Phil.
course in Education was introduced in 1992 with
an intake capacity of 12.
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