B.L.D.E.A.’s JSS College of Education, Vijayapura was established in 1980 under the management of Bijapur Liberal District Education Association (B.L.D.E.) which was established in 1910. This college was renamed as Jnanayogi Shri Siddheswar Swamiji College of Education in 1995.

It is one of the premier colleges established to impart & provide in the field of higher education for the deserving candidates and prove to be a milestone in the part of progress.

The college was affiliated with  Karnatak University, Dharwad in 1993. From the year 2010-11 college is permanently affiliated to Rani Channamma University, Belagavi and recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under section 2(f) & 12(B) under Act, 1956.
 
It is also recognized and approved by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Bengaluru in 1996 and re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with "B" Grade - (CGPA Score 2.61 on a 4 Point Scale in 2nd Cycle) on 23rd March 2014.

The college is the brainchild of late Sri B.M. Patil, a far-sighted visionary, the then General Secretary of the B.L.D.E. Association. The college came being under the leadership of N.G. Karur, the founder principal of the college.

Karnataka State Open University Study Centre was also sanctioned for M.Ed. program in 2000-01. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi Study centre was also established in 1990.

The college offers two years Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) course for those who have completed their graduation with minimum aggregate of 50% from any recognized university are eligible to apply for this course.

Students here are admitted who completed their graduation from recognized university with at least 50% marks in major or in aggregate at the Degree level. But Scheduled Castes (S.C.), Scheduled Tribes (S.T.) & (O.B.C) candidates are to be entitled with a relaxation 5% marks ineligibility for admission.

The college offers two years Master of Education (M.Ed.) course for those who have completed their Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) with the minimum aggregate of 50% from any recognized university are eligible to apply for this course.

Students here are admitted who completed their graduation in Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) from the recognized university with at least 50% marks in major or in aggregate at the graduation level. But Scheduled Castes (S.C.), Scheduled Tribes (S.T.) & (O.B.C) candidates are to be entitled with a relaxation 5% marks ineligibility for admission.

Vision:

• The building, competent, creative & committed national builders for the future

Mission:

• To be an institution of Excellence for building the Society through
• Enlightenment and Empowerment to Teachers
• Who are cognitively enriched, effectively balanced,
• Spiritually inspired, Socio-culturally Committed and Research minded professionals

Values:

• Empowering student teachers in nation-building
• Inculcating the spirit of "Learning to know",“Learning to do”, “Learning to live together” and “learning to be”
• Equipping the student teachers to face the new challenges in the global context.
• Fostering inquiry tendency and scientific temper.
• Promoting Indian wisdom among student teachers.

Objectives:

• To form academically excellent, cognitively enriched professionals
• To empower student-teachers with pedagogic principles for implementing them in schools
• To enthuse teacher educators to become role models
• To promote the student-teachers potentialities with a view to realizing moral and sociocultural values of the society
• To inculcate modern and scientific attitudes and outlook to meet the challenges of the 21st century
• To redefine the role of teachers in the context of the Spirit of living together
• To train the new generation teachers to preserve the Spiritual values of Indian society
• To collaborate with Government and Non-government organizations in community welfare activities