Dr. Zakir Hussain Teachers Training College, Darbhanga was established on 2nd June 1982. It is one of the premier institutions to impart & provide a platform in the field of higher education for the deserving candidates and prove to be a milestone in the path of progress.

The college is affiliated to Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga and also duly recognized by the Eastern Regional Committee, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Bhubaneswar in 1997 after the enactment of the Central Act under the title NCTE Act.1995.

In 1998, the college was duly registered by University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi under 2 (f). Last but not the least, the college was accredited with "B" Grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) which is a matter of some pride for the entire people of the region as well as the entire fraternity of the college.

It is a matter of pleasure to note that the Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga has accorded permission to start M.Ed. course in the college from the session 1992-93 vide letter No. 709/92 dated 02.06.1992, & got recognition from the NCTE to run M.Ed. course vide its letter No. ERC/7-87.6(1).41/2008/11887 dated 04.08.08.

It is very heartening to know that the Govt. of Bihar has selected Dr. Zakir Hussain Teachers Training College for Primary Teachers Training Centre to vide Letter No. 242 dated 17.12.2003. It is the matter of pleasure to note that the N.C.T.E., Bhubaneswar has accorded recognition/permission to start ETE Course in the college vide letter No. ERC/7-71.5.17/2006 dated 15.12.2006.

Brief History:

As a matter of fact, this college enjoys a unique position in the fraternity of the University being its first affiliated Teachers Training College established under Art. 30(1) of the constitution of India and the dream visualized by the guardians of the society has become a reality today.

For this, we offer our gratitude and thanks to the Almighty and so also acknowledges our gratitude to the ERC, NCTE, Bhubaneswar and Department of Higher Education, Bihar.    

Under Art 30 (1) of the constitution of India, and Art. (4) of the constitution of the Board of Trustees, Shafi Muslim High School, Laheriasarai (Estd. 1933), a body duly registered with the Govt. of Bihar under Societies Registration Act 1860, the Board resolved to sponsor a Teachers Training College dated 02.06.1982, to cater to the need of Teachers Training from the session 1982-83, an imperative need of the large number of untrained graduates of the region and to make them qualified to seek employment as well as to provide opportunity in securing post-graduate degree in Education and Research facilities with the passage of time.

Apart from this basic need of the untrained graduates and certificate holders, the Board also felt the necessity of sponsoring a Teachers Training College in this region which could produce human resources, which could be safely entrusted with the responsibility of teaching the students in Muslim Minority Institutions in an atmosphere conducive to the healthy growth of character of the students in the light of the cultural, religious and linguistic heritage of the community so that they may be able to discharge their national obligation with the imbued quality of heart, head, and character, making secular India richer and more glorious.

Further, the Board of Trustees recorded its deep appreciation of the decision of the Govt. of Bihar to appoint one Urdu trained Teacher in every school of Bihar so that the goal of linguistic harmony leading to national integration might be achieved. At the same time the Board recorded with deep pains the dearth of Urdu trained teachers for which the posts either lay vacant or were being filled up with the general teachers, having no knowledge of Urdu at all.

Hence to fulfill the long-standing necessity of the Muslim Community and of the population of the region, the Board of Trustees sponsored and established a Teachers Training College at Laheriasarai, Darbhanga, Bihar, as a Minority Institution under Art. 30 (1) of the constitution of India with respect to its management.

The Board of Trustees of Shafi Muslim High School, Laheriasarai, Darbhanga (an Educational Foundation) has a reputation of its own either sponsoring or nurturing in its cradle Institution like Shafi Muslim High School, Laheriasarai, Millat College, Darbhanga, H.B. Soghra Hassan Memorial Urdu Girls High School, Darbhanga, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ITI, Darbhanga, Darbhanga Computer Academy, Darbhanga and other institutions in pursuit of its Educational policies and programme. The Board has conceived the idea of establishing a Teachers Training College which is a reality today in the excellent Educational Complex of the Board of Trustees, Shafi Muslim High School, Laheriasarai, Darbhanga.