COLLEGE INFORMATION




Name of the College:	Raja Shri Shivaraya Pratishthan’s
				Meenatai Thakare D. Ed. College

Address:			Baburao Sutar Path, Rambaug Colony,
				Off Paud Road, Kothrud,
				Pune – 411 038.

Tel. No.:			25444363, 25453177.

Fax No.:			25453177.

Location:			Dist.-  Pune, Tal.- Haveli
				It is ideally located at the center of the city. 
				Pune is called the cultural heritage and educational 
capital of Maharashtra. The standard of education is 
considered the highest.

Building of the College:	Roomy, specious ideally ventilated, airy with big 
Corridors and stair cases.
Situated on the 3rd and 4th floor of the main building, 
hence no outside noise disturbance.
Easy to locate.
Bus-stand is as closed as 100 mtrs from the college 
building.
Total Area: 15000 sq. ft.
				Play Ground: 16500 sq. ft.

Aim of the College:	To produce well-read, socially aware, sensitive teachers who are ready to serve to any corner of the nation – “Dnyan, Seva & Puja.”

The information about various departments

Science Laboratory:	Well-equipped, specious, nicely ventilated, airy and open from three sides.

Computer Room:	With 18 computers and 50% (8) computer knowledgeable staff.

Work-shop for 
Art & Craft:	A separate room to do drawing, painting, carpentry, music, special training in rangoli, mehandi, stitching etc.

Library:	Well equipped with 15 educational journals and books. 4000 books, maps and 5 news papers.

Sports Room:	Volley balls, Foot balls, Lezim, dumbbells, Dandia sticks, carom boards, chess boards, many other Indian and Western games with trained coaches.

Assembly:	Good singers / players of instruments,
	Students are encouraged to play the instruments available in the college in their own convenient time.

Staff:	Kind hearted, versatile, well-trained, experienced and good at English and at their own subjects.


For Students:	Rover – Ranger training,
	Drawing examinations,
	C. P. Ed. training,
	Music examinations,
	MS-CIT – computer examination

Clubs:	Trekking (once a month visit to a fort),
				Photography, Bird Observation,
				Music club, Dance club,
				English Conversation

Planning:			Yearly – Monthly – Weekly planning of practice 
lessons, lesson plans, exams, academics, sports, Follow up is taken regularly by the Principal.
Parents of weak students are repeatedly informed in time. They are regularly guided by the staff.
More than 90 % attendance is compulsory.

Visits:				Social Institutes like –
Manavya (HIV+ & AIDS affected, SOS – Balgram (orphans) , Agakhan Palace, Savali (mentally challenged),
				Near by schools, Paraplegic institutes, AAUUCA,
				Pune University, National Guide Center

Visitors:			Educationists, Sports Personalities, Doctors, Scientists,
Artists, good Orators, Mathematicians and experts to guide in  personality development.

Special Points:		1. Students enrolled are from small places or rural 
background. First 3 months, after the college hours 
English conversational classes are run to make students
conversant in English.
2. Special sports training is given.
3. Students are encourage to give music, drawing, paintings & Olympiad exams.
4. Very disciplined, strict about attendance and academic
oriented college.

Results:			In last 3 years not only that the result was cent per cent 
but overall merit grades in English / Marathi state ranking are achieved in overall board merit.
				Our 2003 – 2005 batch has got first two top positions.