Date of Estb.: 1953

St Xaviers Institute of Education Mumbai

PHONE No.: 022 22014666, ,

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEB SITE: www.sxie.info

APPROVED BY/ AFFILIATED TO: University of Mumbai

GENERAL HELPLINE NO.: 9899104337

COURSES:

B ED

DESCRIPTION :

St.Xavier's Institute of Education is the oldest Government aided¸ Christian minority Teacher Education College for the course of B.Ed.¸ affiliated to the University of Mumbai and recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (N.C.T.E.). Besides¸ it has various courses and extension services for students¸ teachers and the society. St.Xavier's Institute of Education is a Christian minority College¸ established and administered by the Jesuit Mumbai Province of the Society of Jesus. The College is under the religious jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mumbai.

Before the Institute came to be located in the present premises at Churchgate¸ it started out in the premises of St.Xavier's College in June 1953. In 1953¸ when the Institute was granted affiliation to Bombay University¸ Fr. Angel Solagran started the B.Ed. Degree Course. He was the architect and founder of SXIE and SXBA and its first Superior and Principal. In 1955¸ it took over the Dip. Ed. Course from St. Xavier's College and for a long time was the only college affiliated to the Bombay University to run this course¸ till its discontinuance by the University in 1977.