Shree Shivaji Junior College of Education
“Education is not our profession but it is our true sacred mission.”
A century-long commitment to teacher education
The Shri Shivaji Education Society, Amravati is a premier educational institution of Central India with branches in all the districts of Vidarbha in Maharashtra. It is registered as a Public Charitable Trust (R.N. F/89). Its founder President was the late Dr. Panjabrao alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh, who established schools, colleges, hostels and other teaching and technical institutions, devoting his energy to strengthening and enlarging the Society's work.
The Society was registered in December 1932. In 1958, it had one primary school, seven middle schools and eight colleges. Today it runs 24 senior colleges, 54 Jr. colleges, 75 middle schools and 35 hostels, mainly across Vidarbha but also in other parts of the state. Its institutions span agriculture, arts, bio-technology, computers, education, physical education, engineering, horticulture, information technology, law, medicine, micro-biology and the pure sciences, alongside a Polytechnic for boys and girls at Amravati.
The Shivaji Education Society was founded by Dr. Panjabrao alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh in 1931–32. Along with other members, Bhausaheb devoted himself to educating the people by establishing schools and colleges far and wide across Vidarbha.
To impart knowledge to the student-teacher that includes the complete development of body, mind and soul — keeping pace with the whirl of new techniques and skills, so they prove themselves outstanding.
Education is not our profession but it is our true sacred mission.
Our objectives
To improve the quality of teacher education.
To teach students how to interact with the new generation.
To give society the best teachers, who propagate national educational directives.
To give impetus to women's education.
To teach teachers the importance of the principle that cleanliness is next to godliness.
To promote the cause of environmental protection.
To inculcate the importance of physical education — a sound mind rests in a sound body.
Excursion without exertion.
To inculcate the educational, moral, cultural and social values that shape an ideal teacher and a responsible citizen.
The campus
