The Department of Education of Bankura University offers a congenial academic environment and tries to provide best quality education to students in order to nurture their talent and promote their intellectual growth and shape their personal development. The goal of this department is to make the students competent enough to understand  their self and the cognitive processes of their mind which will enable them to combat restraints and will help them to be competent for life’s bigger challenges. The department’s mission is dedicated to enable learners’, both locally and globally, to understand the meanings of different facets of education and to empower them to live at par with the values of society and make developments in their life.

Education Department of Bankura University focused to make the learners acquainted with the nature, characteristics, theory and practical application of educational research in educational field for their career advancement. Improvements through concurrent and sequential research in the educational field is never out of trend, therefore, to make the learners’ competent in research activities completely in tune with global trends.

The Department also promotes learning through activity and conducts different projects and excursions which are aimed at empowering the learners with the practical knowledge of research application and innovation in society with an aim to make them competent to face national and international educational challenges.

The programme options and courses in Education Department curriculum of Bankura University are specifically designed and followed in accordance with the strategies suggested by the UGC and illustrated by the Five-Year Plans of Indian Government. In compliance with National framework of higher education curriculum, endeavours are channelized in such a manner so that the learning outcomes specifically cater to the learners’ needs of access, equity, and quality, promotion of talent, skill development and stand-alone schemes. Further, the learners, the teachers and the learning situations are amalgamated with such coherence in the curriculum that a strong pedagogic engagement is emphasized in terms of both social and international needs and standards.

The courses of the department of Education caters highly to the career opportunities of the learners’ through offering knowledge to become competent in job fields like teaching positions in schools, colleges and universities, Special Education Teacher, School or Career CounsellorEducational Coordinator, Director at Museum, Aquarium, Zoo, etc., Corporate Trainer, Educational Consultant, Curriculum DeveloperTraining and Development Coordinators in teacher training programs, Standardized test developer for surveys etc.,Education policy and research Advisor in both sectors, Adult education and consequent mentoring supervisor, Educational Gerontology Instructor etc.,

Apart from other endeavors of the Education department, it promotes further Higher Education opportunities like Ph.D. or post doctoral programmes.