The Integrated Teacher Education programme (ITEP) introduced by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is a four-year undergraduate programme designed to prepare prospective teachers by integrating both academic coursework and practical teaching experiences. This programme is developed under the framework of NEP 2020.
Objectives of ITEP courses:
• To equip aspiring teachers with essential professional skills, strong pedagogical knowledge, and positive teaching attitudes.
• To prepare teachers for the Foundational, Preparatory, Middle, and Secondary stages of schools
• To ensure that teachers are grounded in Indian values, languages, and traditions
• To prepare teachers to use modern teaching technologies in the classroom transaction
• To enhance quality of teacher education and to contribute significantly to the overall improvement of educational standards in schools.
S.B.M.S. College, Sualkuchi is going to introduce the four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) from the academic session 2026–27. Students who opt for teaching as their career can enrol in this programme after completing higher secondary education. The advantage of ITEP is that it allows students to complete a dual degree such as B.A. B.Ed. or B.Sc. B.Ed. within four years instead of five, making them professionally qualified for the teaching profession in a shorter duration.
Programme Intake Capacity
ITEP, SBMS College, Sualkuchi

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Physical Collection
The library of S.B.M.S. College acts as gateway to 28,732 books. The library holds an especially qualitative printed collection of documents that deals with the course curriculum of the college. The reference sources comprise of expensive books like Encyclopaedia Britannica, dictionaries, handbooks, manuals, directories, etc. The library has a notably rich collection of college publications, faculty publications; report generated by college and old questions papers.
| Category | Online Collection | |
| Books | Books=28,732 | Database through N-List=10
e-Books through N-List=80,000+ Free E-books=108 |
| Journals | 4 | Database through N-List=11
e-Journals through N-List=20,000+ Free E-Journals=902 |
| Magazine | 6 | – |
| Newspaper | 8 | – |
| Old Question Papers | Papers from 2012-2015 | 429 |
| College Publications | 14 | 7 |
| Faculty Publications | 23 | 33 |
| Reports | 14 | 10 |
Digital Collection
The digital collection of the Library of S.B.M.S. College includes the resources available through N-List programme of the INFLIBNET, free e-journals and e-books, the digitized collection of the college that include college publications, faculty publications, reports and old question papers. The digital collection of the college contributes a lot to the students and faculty members of the college.

