Don Bosco College Of Teacher Education, Tura

About Don Bosco College Of Teacher Education, Tura

Don Bosco College of Teacher Education DBCTE is named after Don Bosco, the great educator and friend of youth. He had a difficult childhood. By dint of hard work and heroic sacrifices he became a priest in 1841. He dedicated himself to the service of poor youth, offering them food, shelter and education. He opened for them schools, technical schools, hostels and oratories. He founded a society of collaborators and extended his work to all over Europe and eventually to all continents. Don Bosco died on 31 January 1888 and was declared a saint on 1 April 1934.

He founded the Don Bosco Society, also known as ‘The Salesians of Don Bosco’. The society has over 32,000 members men and women working in 132 countries. Through a global network of educational and social service organizations which include 15 universities, 58 institutes of higher education and thousands of schools and social development centres, it cares for the less privileged and marginalized sections of society. It currently caters to over fifteen million young people the world over. Because of its reach and expertise in the field of education, the Society enjoys consultancy status at the United Nations.

In India, the Salesians of Don Bosco began their operations way back in 1906. From a small beginning with a trade school and hostel for poor children at Thanjavoor, Tamil Nadu, the Society today has over 5000 members Fathers, Sisters and Brothers. The Society started its work in Northeast in 1922. Its services are offered through 31 colleges, over 100 technical schools, and a large network of high schools and scores of non-formal technical and agricultural training centres, spread across the country, covering the entire spectrum of social development. The society also runs literacy centres, shelters for street children and rehabilitation and relief operations.

Don Bosco College of Teacher Education DBCTE Tura is a teacher training institution of the Salesian of Don Bosco established and managed by the Don Bosco Society in India, Northeast Region. Don Bosco College of Teacher Education is a Registered Society under the Society Registration ct of 1860 Reg. No. SR/TDBC-232/91 of 1991. The College has been granted recognition by the National Council of Teacher Education NCTE) by its order No. ERC/7-40(ER-40.4.1/2003/3415 dated 11.12.2003. The college, recognised by the Government of Meghalaya, is affiliated to North Eastern Hill University NEHU, Shillong.