The College at a Glance

Ramakrishna Mission Brahmananda College of Education at Rahara, affiliated to the West Bengal University of Teachers’ Training, Education Planning and Administration (WBUTTEPA), is a Government-aided, NCTE approved, NAAC accredited, and UGC recognised college under Section 2(f) & 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956. Established in 1961 and administered under the aegis of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, the College offers a two-years B.Ed. programme with residential facility to Male candidates only. Considered as one of the premier institutes in the field of teacher education in West Bengal, the College maintains a high academic standard besides providing a “man-making and character-building education” as envisaged by Srimat Swami Vivekananda. Its constant endeavour is to serve students irrespective of caste, creed and religion with quality education at lower expenses.

Our Journey:
Ramakrishna Mission Brahmananda College of Education at Rahara is a constituent unit of its parent organization, Ramakrishna Mission Boys’ Home, Rahara. The Home was founded on the 1st September, 1944, as an orphanage for giving shelter and education to the hapless boys rendered orphans due to the disastrous infamous Bengal Famine of 1942-43. A handful of monks led by Swami Punnyanandaji Maharaj of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission initially set up the Ashrama as a students’ home; but gradually it spread its wings in the fields of education and formed an educational complex around the Ashrama of which our College is an integral part.
The College was established on the 17th February, 1961 as Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home P.G.B.T. College. In 1963, on the occasion of holy Birth Centenary of Srimat Swami Brahmanandaji Maharaj, the Brother-Disciple of Swami Vivekananda and the first President of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission, the College was renamed as Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home Brahmananda Post-Graduate Basic Training (P.G.B.T.) College.  The College building was opened on the 8th August, 1962 by Srimat Swami Madhabanandaji Maharaj, the 9th President of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission and it started functioning under the direct control of the Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI), West Bengal. As a PGBT College it has a glorious past.
Since the academic session of 1999-2000, Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home Brahmananda P.G.B.T. College was converted to a Teacher Education Institute (B.Ed. College) and has been renamed as Ramakrishna Mission Brahmananda College of Education after being affiliated to the University of Calcutta (CU).
From the academic session of 2008-2009 the College was affiliated to the West Bengal State University (WBSU), Barasat, and since the academic session of 2016-2017 the College has been affiliated to Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University (BSAEU) [ Erstwhile: The West Bengal University of Teachers’ Training, Education Planning and Administration (WBUTTEPA) ]. 

Our Vision :
• To inculcate the ideal of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission “आत्मनो मोक्षार्थं जगद्धिताय च ” i.e. for the salvation of our individual self and for the well-being of all on earth. 
• To provide opportunity for holistic development of each Soul.
• To strive for a sustainable Earth and protection of our Environment. 
• To develop a deeper understanding of the reality.
• To develop passion for common good of mankind.
• To build a more inclusive and humane society by providing value-based education.

Our Mission :
• To give access to excellence in academic activities. 
• To create opportunity for self-learning, creativity and innovation.
• To provide means to equip students to work in a digitised world and to access to data and information.
• To provide opportunity to students for enhancing their employability.
• To develop scientific temper as well as respect for the tradition.
• To inculcate a sense of equity & equality. 
• To develop sensitivity to women, third gender & persons with special needs, linguistic & religious minority and the economically deprived.
• To foster cooperation and collaboration with other institutes. 
• To provide experience of outreach and extension work in rural areas so that students develop sensitivity for the poor masses.
• To evolve a sense of integrity, honesty, humility, hard work and tolerance. 

MISSION STATEMENT :

To attain true knowledge which liberates us [ सा विद्या या विमुक्तये (Sa Vidya ya Vimuktaye) ]

GOAL STATEMENT :

" आत्मानं विद्धि " i.e. to know thyself