Hills College of Teacher Education

Hills College of Teacher Education (HCTE), a premier private institution to spread and upgrade Teacher Education in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in particular and in the country in general was established in the year 2006 at Naharlagun one of the prime towns of the state with the pioneership of Shri Nabam Rebia, the founder chairman under the patronage of “Tribal Areas Development Society”, a registered Voluntary Organization registered under Section 3 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 which is committed to provide Professional Education to its aspiring students in the emerging areas of Professional Education.

The institution has been accorded Permanent Affiliation by the Rajiv Gandhi University (formerly Arunachal University), Rono Hills, Arunachal Pradesh vide Notification No. AC-590/HCTE/2005/199 dated 3rd May 2013. At present, the institution offers Two (2) years B. Ed course in affiliation to Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Arunachal Pradesh vide Registration No AC-590/HCTE/2005 dated 04th May 2006 (Revised Order No.AC-59/2008/V-II/137, dated 13th April 2015) and duly recognized by the Eastern Regional Committee(ERC), National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) vide Order No. ERC/7-64.10.0/2006/442-447 dated 18th Feb. 2006 (Revised Order No. ERC/NCTE/ERCAPE00531/B.Ed.(REVISED Order)/2015/31612, dated 9th May 2015). In addition to this two years NCTE, recognized B.Ed. program, the college has also been awarded permission by the Rehabilitation Council of India(RCI), New Delhi to run One more B.Ed. Special Education Course in the area of Learning Disability(LD) from academic session 2016-17. Besides, the ERC, NCTE, Bhubaneswar has also awarded order for starting two years M.Ed. program from current academic session 2018-19.