Post Graduate Govt.Institute for Physical Education

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About Post Graduate Govt.Institute for Physical Education

Post Graduate Govt.Institute for Physical Education is a government institute in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, established in 1932. Campusbells lists it under Teachers Education, with 2 undergraduate courses, including B.P.Ed and B.Sc. Approvals and accreditation: UGC, NCTE, AIU.

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The year 1932 saw the birth of a new era in the history of Physical Education in West Bengal. That year a Physical Training Centre was founded by the Government of West Bengal to provide trained leadership in Physical Education which was much more popular by the name of Capt. James Buchhanan, the founder Principal.

The campus in a rented building at 26-A Ballygaunge Circular Road, Calcutta-19 had very little scope and space for the type of activities and the students numbering only twenty had to move out to use the playground of Ballygaunge Government School. With the introduction of the Youth Welfare Scheme in 1938 which provided for the expansion of the training centre under the nomenclature of Government College of Physical Education, Bengal, the institute was shifted to a new rented building at 30, Ramakrishna Samadhi Road, Calcutta -11 and the sanctioned strength increased from twenty to forty.

As described on the institution’s website

At a glance

Key facts

Established

1932

Ownership

Public / Government

Approvals and accreditation

UGC, NCTE, AIU

Stream

Teachers Education

Location

North 24 Parganas, West Bengal

Academics

Courses offered at Post Graduate Govt.Institute for Physical Education

2 programmes listed

Campus life

Facilities at Post Graduate Govt.Institute for Physical Education

• Medical
• Playground
• Library