Sri Sarada College of Education was established in the year 1968-69 by the dynamic effort of Mrs.Seetha Lakshmi Ramaswamy (Yatiswari Sarada Priya) under the presidentship of Srimath Swami Chidbhavananda of Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam, Tirupparaithurai. With the aim of moulding the future teachers with intellectual, moral and spiritual values, Sri Sarada College Educational Trust, Salem propels the institution in the promising path. The founder President Swami Chidbhavananaji and the founder Secretary Yatiswari Saradapriya formed the highest ideal and noble values of the Holy Trinity Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda as the guiding principles of the College.

Sri Sarada College of Education, Salem was started with the aim to provide more trained women teachers for the several new High Schools in the State and meet the shortage of trained teacher personnel. This college is striving her best for the intellectual, spiritual, moral and cultural advancement of the country in general and Tamil Nadu in particular. It hopes to train teachers who will imbibe the culture and spiritual treasures of the land, so that they may become masters of themselves and servants of mankind. The college offers courses leading to B.Ed., M.Ed., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Education. It is housed in its own multi-storeyed building with adequate infrastructure.

Sri Sarada College of Education is a Government aided college and it was affiliated to the University of Madras from its inception to 1998. Autonomy status was conferred in the year 1988-89. It was an affiliated college of Periyar University from 1998-2008. Since 2008, Sri Sarada College of Education has been affiliated to Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Chennai.

To make “QUALITY” the defining element of teacher education through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives
The college is striving her best for empowerment of women teacher trainees an integrated education of Head, Heart and Hand.

Character building leading to moral leadership
A blend of intellectual curiosity with emotional, social and spiritual intelligence
Teacher preparation addressing the challenges of national and global perspectives
To inculcate intellectual, moral and spiritual values among teacher trainees for the advancement of the country in general and Tamil Nadu in particular
To train teachers, to imbibe the cultural and spiritual treasures of the land so that they become masters of themselves and servants of the mankind
To provide adequate knowledge and skills of teaching and learning in the young trainees and develop in them a positive attitude towards teaching profession
To strive and achieve high standards in an atmosphere of autonomy
To appreciate and respect all faiths and foster religious harmony as well as national integration
To realize the values of life following the preaching of the Holy Trinity – Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda
The core values in the changing context are also focused

Contribution to national development by serving the cause of social justice, ensuring equality and increasing access to higher education
Fostering global competencies by developing high calibre at nationally comparable and internationally acceptable standards with innovative, creative and entrepreneurial capacities to realize networking with the neighbourhood and fostering a closer relationship between the world of work and living
Inculcating a value system in students the college gives main focus through its entire campus experiences and multifarious activities to enhance the qualities of co-operation and mutual understanding
Promoting the use of technology as a learning resource as well as managing the activities of the institution namely documentation and electronic data management
Quest for excellence through establishment of IQAC for quality sustenance and enhancement

A candidate shall be eligible for admission to the course leading to the Degree of Master of Education provided she had passed a Bachelor Degree Examination in Education of this University or some other University recognized by the Syndicate as equivalent thereto, with a minimum of 50% marks in theory and practical separately.

As per the guidelines for admission to B.Ed course of the Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Chennai, 10+2+3 or 11+1+3 pattern of study is required to be followed.

Further B.Com and B.A (Economics) is not eligible degree for admission to B.Ed., degree course. Hence B.Com.Ed., and B.A.Ed., cannot be recognized undergraduate course in Education. Therefore B.Com.Ed., are not eligible for admission to M.Ed course.

The basis of selection of candidate for admission shall be based on the existing regulations of the university/Government of Tamil Nadu. Reservation of seats and other concessions for the SC., ST., MBC / DNC, BC, and other special categories of candidates notified by the Government of Tamil Nadu shall be provided in accordance with the statutory provisions of the Government of Tamil Nadu in force from time to time.

No candidate shall be eligible for the Degree of M.Ed. unless she has completed the prescribed course of study and has passed the qualifying examination and has satisfied the Examiners in a dissertation.