Lady Willingdon Institute of Advanced Study In Education, (Autonomous)

About Institution

During the later part of 19th century, there was a Hindu School for Girls at Ice House,the first of its kind in Chennai, which was managed by the Vijayarangam Trust.It was then taken over by the Government of Madras Presidency. This Hindu School was upgraded into a Training Institution, meant for training Elementary and Secondary Grade Women teachers, in the year 1913.In the year 1922,the Training Institute was renamed as 'Lady Willingdon Training School' after the name of the wife of the then Governor of Madras Presidency. In the same year, the Lady Willingdon Training College was established to fulfill the long felt need for training women graduates as teachers for the High Schools. In 1940, after 18 years of struggle amidst inadequate accommodation and equipments, the college moved to its present site with spacious building and gardens. The present college was meticulously planned and completed in the year 1945.
Miss.J.M.Gerrard was the first principal and had the longest tenure of service from 1922 - 1946. In 1922 - 24, the first batch of 23 women graduate were presented to the Licentiate in Teaching examination of the Madras University and they obtained the L.T.Degree.
Initially the college offered two levels of teacher training programs for women viz., (1)Licentiate in Teaching for graduates and (2) Secondary Grade Teacher Training for post-matric students and Elementary Grade Teacher Training for those who completed the school course. Apart from this,from 1923 to 1940, except for the year 1931-32,the Physical Training Diploma course for women was also conducted in the Lady Willingdon College and the same was shifted to the college of Physical Education, Saidapet, in the year 1940.

Vision

constructive
conscientious
committed teaching personnel with due accountability.

Mission

To disseminate world of knowledge vividly and interestingly to cause intrinsic motivation.
To identify talents and channelise appropriately for individual growth and national development using technology.
To inculcate resourcefulness in depth through teaching following psychological principles.
To instill the quality of nobility associated with the teaching profession.
To authentify that learning leads to heights of excellence.