GOVERNMENT TRAINING COLLEGE, HOOGHLY

The Government Training College Hooghly started its journey in the name of Normal school in the district of Hooghly. Normal Schools have been in existence since the 16th Century. A group of schools in under French dominated area became aware and interested in preparing people for the teaching. The French concept of “Ecole Normale” was to establish in schools to achievemodel-based teaching practices thereby setting a standard or norm for student- teacher.
Normal School derives their name from the French phrase “Ecole Normale”. The brothers of the Christian schools first established these “Teacher-Training Institutions.” In French in 1685. The name of Normal School comes from the word ‘Norms’. Hence, Normal Schools are the “Teacher-Training Institutions” where scholars are moulded. The term "normal school" originated in the early 16th century from the French écolenormale. The French concept of an "écolenormale" was to provide a model school with model classrooms to teach model teaching practices to its student teachers.
The Denish colonists first established Normal School in India 1716 at Tarengambadi, district of Tamil Nadu. William Kerry set up normal school at Bombay in 1802, in Kolkata in 1852.Great educationist Sri BhudebMukhopathyay(1827-94) was associated with the Normal School of Hooghly (Teacher Training School).