BRIEF HISTORY OF DIPHU B.ED COLLEGE

The need for having a B.Ed. College in Diphu has been felt by many educationists, parents, guardians and also by the senior citizens of Diphu town way back in 1975. But then, it was a distant dream for the populaces. After much hurdles and difficulties, the dream was later came into a reality. This was happened aftersome leading citizens andofficials of the town took the responsibility for its establishment. Since then the collegebegan its new journey and never get fatiguedto encourage the pupil teachers to be global citizen, serving human being at large through the noble profession of teaching.

The long felt educational need and distant dream came true only when the college had been established with the relentless initiatives of Shri Bharat Kumar Timung, the then Executive Member of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) along with some senior citizens of Diphu Town, viz.Dr. Sarsing Terang, Shri Tenzing Ingti, Fr. John Timung,  Shri Padma Kanta Baruah, Shri Ratan Kro, Shri Satish Sarma (Inspector of School), Shri Baliram Kalita, Shri D.N. Choubey, Prof. Kumudeswar Sarma, Prof. U.B. Pandey, Shri Ranjit Sen and many other intellectuals who will be honourably remembered forever in the history of Diphu B.Ed. College.

The first informal meeting was held at the office chamber of Shri Bharat Kumar Timung which culminated into the formation of a Governing Body (GB) in the meeting at Diphu Govt. Boys’ Higher Secondary School Building and the meeting unanimously elected Shri Bharat Kumar Timung as President and Shri Satish Sarma as Secretary on 17th August 1994. Though it was a bit late, yet the Governing Body decided to start the classes from that Academic Session. The Inspector of School, Karbi Anglong District Circle had accorded permission to use the abandoned hostel building of Diphu Govt. Boys’ Higher Secondary School till its own building was constructed. The newly functional Assam University, Silchar was highly delighted with this information and when contacted for permission to start the College by the current academic session, the University authority was so interested that they accorded the permission to start the classes. After getting permission from the University authority for starting the classes, with Prof. Kumudeswar Sarma as Principal, the classes of the first batch with 120 trainees/students started in August, 1994 itself. In the meantime, the formal permission from the Assam University was obtained.

The contribution extended by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (the nodal agency for development in the district), Diphu towards the Diphu B.Ed. College deserves a special recognitions. Land measuring 41472 sq. mt. with greenery environment has been allotted by authority of KAAC for construction of its permanent campus.

At present the college is a unique center for higher learning, recognized both by the Assam University Silchar and National Council for Teachers’ Education (NCTE), New Delhi. The college is running in its own campus adjacent to Assam University Diphu Campus, Diphu.