Smt. Jawala Devi College of Education is one of the Institutes of Cordia Group of Institutes, Sanghol which is synonymous with Academic Excellence adoring the heritage village of Sanghol, located at Ludhiana-Chandigarh state Highway, 40 K.M from Chandigarh and 55 KM from Ludhiana, district Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India. The campus has multi-faculty and departments, co-educational; under the umbrella of Smt. Jawala Devi Memorial Trust, which was established in April, 2001 and formally inaugurated by Late Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India in August, 2006. The magnanimous and enlightened Managing Committee of the college is headed by its visionary Chairman, Rt. Hon. Lord Diljit Rana, Member House of Lords, a business tycoon and an NRI (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom); to transform the lives of rural youth who is firmly committed to rural development. Smt. Jawala Devi College of Education offers teacher training programs including M.Ed., B.Ed., D.El.Ed.; which are recognized by NCTE, Delhi and accredited by NAAC with B++ grade.
Sister Institutes:
Cordia College for graduate and post graduate courses including BA, B.Sc., M.Sc.-IT, B.Com.-Hons., M.Com, MA-Pbi. & History, PGDCA; Cordia Institute of Hotel management, which offers BMS-HMST and Certificate course in Bakery & Patisserie; Cordia Institute of Business Management for MBA, BBA, BCA, B.Sc.(Radio Medical Imaging Technology; Medical Lab Science), which all are affiliated with MRSPTU, Bathinda. Uma Rana Public School for Primary to Higher Secondary Classes in all streams, which is affiliated with CBSE, New Delhi; and Lord Rana International School is also running in the campus for Nursery classes. To channelize the energy of rural youth, the foundation stone of Cordia Football Academy was laid by His Excellency, Shri V.P. Singh Badnore, Honorable Governor, Punjab in July, 2017. Mission of Cordia Football Academy is to provide world class professional Football coaching and make Sanghol the biggest contributor to represent India in the world championship.
The institution is situated in the educationally backward rural area, where there is lack of higher education facilities. The aim of the trust is to provide educational facilities to those who have the urge to acquire education but don’t have the resources to go to cities to get higher education. The Trust created adequate educational infrastructure to provide world class facilities in its campus for developing teaching, learning and Research; with a view to create a progressive, re-vitalized society, proud and worthy of its ancient culture and ready to march with the rest of the world.