COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATON (CTE) : INTRODUCTION Colleges of Teacher Education (CTEs) Institutions have been established for preparation and professional development of secondary school teachers in the State as a result of centrally sponsored programme for restructuring and reorganization of Teacher Education Institution as envisaged in National Policy on Education-1986 and PoA 1992 of Govt. of India. There are Six CTEs presently running in the state in Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Chhapra, Saharsha and Samastipur Districts. As per guidelines of Govt. of India, there will be one CTE for every 3 districts in every state and so Eight New CTEs in Araria, Aurangabad, Patna, Purnea, Buxar, East Champaran, Munger and Siwan districts have been sanctioned by the State. Very soon all these new CTEs will become functional and will help fulfill the requirements of Secondary School Teachers as per the norms of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Right to Education (RTE). Due to the successful implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), now Samgra Shiksha and mandates of Right to Education (RTE), number of students passing class VIII is continuously increasing. It has created huge demand of secondary level of school education in the State. So, the requirement of trained teachers for secondary schools has also increased substantially. Government has established one secondary school in each Panchayat. To ensure the quality education in secondary schools Continuous Professional Development of secondary teachers will be required which will not be possible in the state until or unless CTEs work tirelessly to ensure the quality education in Secondary Schools.

Revised Guidelines of MHRD, Jan. 2004 envisaged the System of Secondary Teacher Education to perform the following broad functions:
a. Imparting Quality Pre-Service and In-Service Education to Secondary School Teachers
b. Development of Faculty of Elementary Teacher Education Institution and their Continuing Education
c. Providing General Resource Support to Secondary Schools and Elementary Teacher Education Institution and
d. Research, Innovation and Extension work in the field of Education and Elementary Teacher Education Institutions Some of the Specific functions visualized on the basis of the above broad functions are as follows:
a. Organisation of Pre-Service Teacher Education Course (B.Ed.) for Secondary School Teaching
b. Organisation of Subject Oriented (more than one week) and Shorter theme specific (less than one week) In-Service Teacher Education Programme for Secondary School Teachers with a view to making every school Teacher undertake at least one subject oriented training courses every five years apart from shorter theme specific courses.
c. Providing Extension and Resource Support to Secondary School, School Complexes, and Individual teachers.
d. Providing Training and resource support to areas like Work Experience, Environment Value Oriented Education, Science Education, Vocational evaluation
e. Providing Support to Professional Bodies
f. Encourage community Participation in Teacher Education Programme

The Government College of Teacher Education (CTE), Samastipur which was earlier known as Government Teacher's Training College, Samastipur was established on 24th Aug. 1962. This institution is a well reputed government institution fully financed and governed by the Department of Education, Govt. of Bihar since 1962 to impart pre-service and in-service training to secondary school teachers. The institution has been continuously organizing teacher education programs for the benefit of pre-service and in-service teachers. The institution is recognized by NCTE vide letter No.- F.ERC/NCTE/ERCAPP1377/B.Ed. (Revised Order)/2015/32088 Dated - 25.05.2015 to run B.Ed. course. It has got permanent affiliation from L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga. The institution is continuously adding new gems to its human and physical resources to impart quality education and training to present and future teachers. New College Building with a rich library, ICT, Psychology, Science, Social Science, Mathematics & Language Lab, Huge Multipurpose Hall, Digital Conference Room is functional. The appointment of New Teacher Educators from Bihar Education Service Cadre has made it a vibrant institution. They are continuously working with a clear vision to achieve its goal through academic & co-curricular activities, action research and project work. They are moving forward to upgrade the quality of education being imparted. It is steadily looking forward to creating world class professionals, social workers and human being with a clear-cut vision of “Tradition with Technology”. Govt. College of Teacher Education, Samastipur has a decent campus to create very congenial and conducive environment for all round development of Trainee Teachers. It is situated in the heart of the Samastipur District of the Darbhanga Division. It is located at a distance of just one kilometer from Samastipur Railway Station and only half kilometer from Samastipur Bus Stand. It is situated at a distance of around 90 km from the state capital city Patna. It is at a distance of 40 km from Begusarai, 45 km from Muzaffarpur, 40 km from Darbhanga, only 12 km and 08 km from Tajpur and Mushligharari respectively on NH-28.