St. Ann's College of Education

The College has established the Ph.D. Research Centre under the Mangalore University and already twenty students have registered for their doctoral studies. Towards this the facilities in the College have been enhanced in terms of special place with library and internet facilities .
The College has received grant-in-aid for a major research project titled “A Training Programme to Develop Competencies among Pre-service Teachers to promote Sustainable Development through Specially Designed Pacakges”.

Consultancy:

Readily made available informal consultancy services for the alumnae, teachers, parents and community
Placement services have been provided and related consultancy is kept open to whoever is interested.
The student teachers –present and past – as well as students of other colleges of education benefit from such services.

Extension:

Service learning has been institutionalized. Service learning activities have been deliberately planned and executed to different groups like senior citizens, members of children’s homes, women, teachers, schools, etc
Collaborate with local and outside NGOs for extension work.

The following Research Projects have been undertaken by our College during the past five years for the Government of Karnataka, UGC and NGO
1. A Study on the Monitoring and Supervision of the Effectiveness of Chaitanya Training Programmes
      for the Secondary School Teachers of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts.
       - Government of Karnataka.
2. A Research Study on the Evaluation of Government Project on “Keli Kali and School Development
      Managing Committee (SDMC)” under SSA.
      - Government of Karnataka.
3. A Research Study on the Evaluation of Government Project on Samudayadatta Shale Programme.
      - Government of Karnataka.
4. Preparation and Validation of a Training Package on Inclusive Education with special reference to
      Learning Disability for Primary School Teachers in Karnataka State.
     - Government of Karnataka.
5. The College is associated with Akshara Foundation, Bangalore, for taking up a survey of the
      Achievement levels of the pupils of Lower Primary and Higher Primary Schools in Mangalore, who
      have been subjected to Remedial Teaching under SSA.
      - Government of Karnataka.
6. A Study on Accountability of Teachers and Achievement of Students at Primary Education Level
      sanctioned by District Institute of Educational Training (DIET).
      - Government of Karnataka.
7. The College had collaborated with the Xavier Board for Christian Higher Education, India, in
      undertaking a research project titled "A Study on the Campus Culture of Catholic Colleges in India”.
8. A Service Learning Training Programme to Develop Service Learning Skills among In-service Teachers
      of Dakshina Kannada District.
      - United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.
9. A Project on “Institutionalizing Service Learning” sponsored by United Board for Christian Higher
      Education in Asia.

Minor Research Projects :
1. A Study on Developing Self Directed Learning Strategies among Secondary School Students - U.G.C.
2. A Study on Developing Extensive Reading Habits among the B.Ed. Students of English Methodology.
- U.G.C.

On-going Research Projects:
1 A Study on designing Special Instructional Material in History to Develop Constructive Competencies
- U.G.C.