With all the blessings of lord Nainar Desika Vinayagar, the trustees of the “Kottar Chettu Samuthaya trust” established a pioneer educational Venture in the year 1933. It is a trust that administers a famous private temple, named Nainar Desika Vinayagar temple. The temple is situated at Kottar, which is a very famous Commercial centre of Kanyakumari District.
In the year 1933, the Ninar Desika Vinayagar Devasthanam Trust started an English Middle School. To impart basic and quality education to the poor children in and around Kottar, the trust started a High School, a Teacher Training Institute, a Higher Secondary School and also a Matriculation School.
DVD Teacher Training Institute is an aided non-minority Educational Institution, administered by Ninar Desika Vinayagar trust Kottar, Nagercoil. In 1953 Kanayakumari District was under the control of Travancore-Cochin administration. With the permission letter D1/21350/52 dated 10-3-1953 from the Director of Public Instruction, Trivandrum. The Institution had its start with two conditions, allied with DVD High School in the month of June 1953. The Conditions were .
- A building of “80 x 20” as per Govt building norms
- Two BT Teachers
Fulfilling these two conditions permananent recognition was obtained from the academic year 1953-1954. The sanctioning of recognition was Published in the Trivandram Gazette dated 8.6.1954.
Kanyakumari District merged with TamilNadu on 1-11-1956. The recognition of our institution was accepted by TamilNadu Government as per Govt order number 450 dated 19-4-69.
The act of regularisation of recognised private schools came into existence in the year 1973 According to that, the Institute is administered by the elected school committee. In their fixation 5 teaching posts were sanctioned and full-aid has been paid as per private school service scheme from its inception in 1953.
We got permanent recognition as per the letter no F/SRO/NCTE/97-98/5080 dated 9-2-98. According to that recognition, the institution was given permission to admit forty students for the year 1998-1999. According to the letter No.3009 dated 18-10-2002 from the south Regional Council for Teacher Education the intake was increased to 80 students.
The Institution has a vast Campus with Spacious building, calm atmosphere, adequate infrastructures and competent faculty, situated in the heart of the town Nagercoil.