Peace College of Education, Dindigul was established in 2004. Its affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University.

The College is managed by Peace Trust, People Education for Action and Community Emancipation Trust, a non-governmental organization with the status of Consultative Member with United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC).

The Trust is involved in educational, awareness and direct action programmes for environmental protection, women empowerment, disaster management, rehabilitation of child labourers, welfare of migrant workers, health and sanitation programmes, AIDS awareness programmes, etc. Peace College of Education is an innovative initiative and unique experiment in the ideal formation of the educators, combining social commitment with the highest professional standards in the art and science of the teaching profession. The College is affiliated to the Madurai Kamaraj University.

A Child-Labour free and pollution free world with equal opportunities for all and equitable distribution of the fruits of development and the uplift of the marginal and downtrodden masses including women, underpaid and underemployed workers and poor and marginal farmers are the main thrust areas of its mission, vision and activities.

Through the Peace College of Education, The Peace Trust is aiming at the most crucial segment of our education system, to have the greatest impact on social tranformation through mainstream education. Every teacher coming out of this college will be a catalyst of social change through peaceful and constructive methods.

VISION

To establish a just society free from exploitation of natural and human resources by ensuring better, quality teaching environment at all levels.

MISSION

To achieve well planned, systematically coordinated development of teacher education to face the challenges thrown by the present educational system.

OBJECTIVES

* To raise the standard of education and of the teaching profession through the help of the latest developments in the world of educational research.

* To keep abreast of all the latest developments in teacher training and education in general.

* To impart to the teaching community all the values of ideal education, character formation, social welfare, environment protection and sustainable development.

* To prepare the teachers to face the challenges of modern India, making them aware of world trends in education and in issues like globalization, privatization, market economy and consumerism.

* To set a model for teachers training Institutions and to set high standards in the formative education of the teaching personnel in India.

* To equip the educators witht the most advanced teaching technologies and methodologies available.

* To create a new generation of responsible citizens and socially aware community through proper formation of teachers.