Rayapati Venkata Ranga Rao (RVRR) College of Education, Guntur was established in 1983.

The college was affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur and approved by National Council For Teacher Education (NCTE).

RVRR College of Education is managed under the Nagarjuna Education Society during the academic year 1983-84 by Vidwan Sri Gogineni Kanakaiah.

The college has the distinction of having its first B.Ed. programme inaugurated by Dr. K. Raja Rama Mohana Rao, then esteemed Vice-Chancellor of Nagarjuna University, on the forenoon of 5th January 1984 in the presence of the distinguished  personalities of the town.  Since then, the college has become a landmark in the history of quality teacher education in Andhra Pradesh.

The college has released its first quarterly magazine “SALOCHANA” in March 2009 and it has been regularly releasing since then.

Infrastructure:

In the beginning, RVRR college was inaugurated in the premises of Sri Patibandla Sita Ramaiah High School in 1983.  Later, it was shifted to its own premises in the year 1988 located in J.K.C. College area campus.  At present, the college has a huge building and provides D.Ed., B.Ed., M.Ed., M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses with excellent facilities.

The college library, spread over 2500 sq. ft. has a reading facility for about 100 students with all required comforts. The library has more than 8000 books including text books, encyclopedias, reference books, etc. In addition to several Indian and Foreign journals and periodicals and many news papers.

The Psychology laboratory has every equipment and material required for effective instruction and efficient educational research.

The Science laboratory is providing the holistic support to the students in attending to the successful transaction of instruction in the classrooms by the prospective teachers.

The state-of-art Computer laboratory with 25 multimedia computers connected by Local Area Network (NAN) and unlimited broadband Internet is providing excellent computer education to D.Ed., B.Ed. and M.Ed. students and supporting enduring research opportunities to M.Phil. and Ph.D. students.

The Educational Technology laboratory with LCD projector, projectors of different kinds and other audio-video equipment is bringing the world to the students.

The Physical Education facilities available in the college are strengthening the minds and bodies of the students and teachers.
All the class rooms, seminar halls, laboratories and other rooms are thoroughly furnished as per the norms and the requirements of NCTE to put the students in a convenient position to learn to the maximum level.

Motto:

“KNOWLEDGE, DISCIPLINE, EXCELLENCE”

Vision:

• To shape the institution a centre of excellence in teacher education
• To contribute to the growth of teaching profession with moral and professional standards
• To be an effective resource centre of teacher education
• To render service to community at large
• To strive to improve standards among students and teachers, and to improve their overall personality

Mission:

• To prepare student teachers, imparting knowledge and skills anchored on the needs of the nation
• To propagate and disseminate knowledge relevant to make effective teachers
• To prepare teachers with professional zeal and zest
• To promote research that addresses educational needs and problems of learners, teachers and community
• To strive to sustain our institution as a scholarly abode for student teachers and teacher educators and community at large

Objectives:

• To enable the student teachers to acquire theoretical knowledge required to become ideal teachers
• To enable the student teachers to acquire teaching skills to master the art of teaching
• To develop desirable attitudes, ethics and perceptions to become responsible citizens as teachers
• To endeavour continuously to make the institution as a centre of excellence in teacher education
• To promote qualitative research in teacher education
• To make the student teachers as self reliant and resourceful members of the society
• To enable the student teachers to become the effective disseminators of cultural heritage of the nation
• To inculcate human values among student teachers
• To develop communication skills among student teachers relevant to the modern world