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The Patriarch Ignatius Zakka-Ist Training College is one among the five colleges managed by theMalankara Jacobite Syrian Christian Educational Trust, Malecruz.The college started its functioning in the year 1996.The college is backed by 18 years of rich experience in the field of Teacher Education .This college is named after His Holiness Ignatius Zakka Ist Iwas, The prince Patriarch of Antioch & Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church. The very name of the college itself is a symbol of Universal Brotherhood.
This institution is adjacent to Malecruz Dayaro Church where the holy sepulcher of our founder manager late lamented H.B.Baselios Paulose II Catholicose rests. The late H.G.Geevarghese Mor Gregorios succeeded him as the manager till his demise on 22- 02-1999.Now it is in the safe hands of a dynamic Board under the leadership of H.B.Dr.Baselios Thomas 1 Catholicose of the East as its Chairman and H.G Joseph Mor Gregorios as its Manager. The faculty consists of Prof.P.A.Jacob ,the Principal, 9 teaching Staff, and 4 Non-Teaching Staff. The total strength of the student teachers is 50, distributed over 6 optional subjects viz English, Malayalam, Social Science, Mathematics, Natural Science and Physical Science. A Cedar tree planted with the blessing touch of our Great Patron Patriarch Ignatius Zakka-I Iwas adorns the college campus as a memento of His Holy Apostolic visit to Kerala on September 2004.Our college is at high level not only in the geographical point of view but in academic excellence too. The old students gather here on every May-Day.
