Don Bosco College

Our college is located up in Tura, Meghalaya, and we focus on teacher education. It is a bit of a climb to get up here, but the air is nice and it's a bit quieter than the main town area. The building is large and has been part of the landscape for a long time. We have students coming from all over the region who want to become teachers themselves. The atmosphere is pretty serious because the course work is quite heavy. We have classrooms, a library that stays pretty full, and some basic labs. It isn't a luxury facility, just a place for learning. The rainy season can be quite intense here, so we spend a lot of time indoors during those months. We have a canteen where everyone grabs tea and snacks, and that's usually where the most talking happens among the staff and students. The faculty members are mostly people who have lived in the hills for years and understand the local needs. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. People know us because of the Don Bosco name and the fact that we’ve been here in Tura for so long. It is a practical place where the goal is just to train the next group of teachers for the schools around here. It is honest work and we just take it one semester at a time.