Who We Are

Loyola College of Education

Vision, Mission and Objectives

" Let your light shine "
" Holistic formation of human engineers with techno-pedagogical skills to develop a humane society. "
  Forming compassionate, competent, conscientious, creative and committed teachers with techno-pedagogical skills using education as the key to empower the youth to bring about a desirable social transformation.

  Train and form responsible socially committed teachers who promote the fundamental rights and duties, values of liberty, equality and fraternity, uphold the constitution and affirm the ideas of secularism, social justice and sustainable development .

LCE is ardently devoted to inculcating values – excellence, integrity, service, inclusion and leadership in the prospective teachers.

 Excellence : commitment to put one’s heart into excelling in all aspects of life
 Integrity : commitment to act according to one’s conscience
 Service : commitment to care for others
 Inclusion : commitment to respect and serve all with love and concern
 Leadership : commitment to lead others with vision and values
 To keep admission open to all candidates irrespective of gender, caste, creed, language, especially the Dalits, the first generation learners and the poor.

 To encourage interreligious harmony through interreligious prayer services and the meaningful celebration of all major religious festivals.

 To enhance the holistic development of prospective teachers with appropriate cocurricular andextracurricularactivities.

 To provide in-service training for the teaching staff to adopt latest teachinglearning Pedagogiesandstrategies.

 To empower the faculty and prospective teachers with necessary digital and communication skills.

 To focus on value based education for desirable character formation of prospective teachers enabling them to become men and women for others.

 To enhance the ecological intelligence of prospective teachers to imbibe ecological sensitivity for sustainable development with care for our Common Home.

 To conduct sports and cultural programmes for prospective teachers to explore and develop their potential and aesthetic talents.

 To inculcate social responsibility and empathy in prospective teachers by providing them experiences through rural immersion camp and visits to schools for children with special needs.

 To prepare prospective teachers for competitive examinations through periodical training programmes.

 To empower prospective teachers with employable and life skills to face the challenges in life and the digital world.

 To provide career opportunities for prospective teachers through training and campus placement.
  Focussing on three pillars of Jesuit education: Formation of Intellectual Capacity, Training of the will and Formation of Character

 Creating a congenial ambience for promotion of quality of teaching-learning among the staff and prospective teachers, thereby quest for excellence

 Instilling humane values in the prospective teachers to become a person of integrity

 Promoting faith and justice in every aspect of teaching-learning, thereby becoming socially responsible educators for the people in the periphery

  Ensuring the admission of marginalised section of the society, particularly the Dalits, the first generation learners, the rural women students and the economically poor

 Promotion of women empowerment by providing equal opportunity to women students

  Providing value added courses on English Proficiency, Soft skills, Computer Skills, Theatre Pedagogy, First-aid, and Leadership programme, thereby enhancing their professional career

  Promotion of social responsibility by conducting citizenship camp and rural / slum exposure camp, and by visiting differently abled institutions in and around Chennai and street children home