Prof.(Dr). Sanjay Shedmake
P.V.D.T. College of Education for Women started as a department in SNDT Arts College, Mumbai in 1951. In 1959 it was converted into a full fledge college with Marathi and Gujarati medium B.Ed. Classes. Since then the college has been actively engaged in teacher training programme both in service and preserves Today the college has five distinct thrusts.
1) To equip the student teachers with respect to effective classroom teaching practices.
2) To equip student teachers with respect to latest developments in the field of Education.
3) To organise training programmes with respect to new trends in education for the teachers/ teacher educators/college teachers.
4) To develop instructional materials in the form of monographs/booklets/teaching aids for benefits of teaching community.
5) To organize need based seminars/conference/workshops for student teachers/teachers /teacher educators for improvement of quality of training.
6) To equip the student teachers with respect to development in the field of ICT. The college has four classes Tow classes for first year and two classes second year B.Ed. Division A & B. Fifty students in each of the class are admitted through the centralized admission procedure by the government of Maharashtra.
The college situated on the third floor of the main building of SNDT Women’s University. The college is fully equipped with respect to teaching/non-teaching staff, Library facilities, Computer facilities, AC hall, various laboratories etc. The college has about 30 secondary schools which are used for practice teaching and internship programme. These schools are spread all over Mumbai, the student teachers could get substantial and effective experience during the practice teaching and internship programs.
As step towards effective transaction of the whole pragramme a calendar of activities has been prepared every year. It provides information about at least 210 instructional days to realize the curriculum objectives, teaching of courses, seminars, workshops, internship, actual school experience, co-curricular activities, community work, NSS subject visit etc. I am thankful to all my staff members teaching and non-teaching who provided their valuable inputs at various stages of development.
Prof(Dr.) Sanjay Shedmake
Principal (Add’l)