Ramakrishna Mission Shikshanamandira was established on 12 January 1958, by Swami Vimuktanandaji Maharaj. On that day, the birth anniversary of
Swami Vivekananda,
Vishuddhananda, the then vice-president of the
Ramakrishna Order, laid the foundation stone of the proposed college.
Swami Madhavananda, the then general secretary, with many other monks and dignitaries studded the ceremony. Notable Bengali personalities such as
Kalidas Nag, Saila Kumar Mukhopadhyay attended the ceremony and discussed over the Nation's need for the trained teachers in translating into concrete the educational-objectives as propounded by Swami Vivekananda. Swami Madhavananda wanted to have similarity with names of the other institutions under "Saradapitha", and at length 'Sikshanamandira' (শিক্ষণমন্দির) was his proposal. The journey of Shikshanamandira started from 4 August 1958, when the classes began. In 1967, the complete infrastructure provided accommodation for 200 students. It was later recognized by the
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), and upgraded to a College of Teacher Education (CTE) by the
Ministry of Human Resource Development (now known as
Ministry of Education),
Government of India, in the year 2001. It is currently one of the five CTEs in West Bengal (others are Institute for Education for Women, Hastings House, Govt College of Education, Banipur, Siliguri B.Ed. College and Govt. Training College, Hooghly). Later in 2008, it was upgraded into a post graduate College by the NCTE. In the session 2009–10, M.Ed. course was started. On the recommendations of the
University Grants Commission (UGC), the
University of Calcutta conferred the status of an Autonomous College in favour of this institution in 2008, the golden jubilee year of the institution. From this session 2009–10, by the right of the 'Autonomy', Sikshanamandira has successfully furnished a new advanced syllabus for attaining the desired end, the propelling power behind the emergence of this institution in the year 1958 and which is recorded in its first prospectus. It started conducting examinations and publishing results and certificates of the trainees, introducing new department, faculties and training facilities.
M.Phil in Education was initiated in the year 2012–13, Post-graduation Diploma in Guidance and Counseling started in 2013. It was recognised as a Study Centre of
Netaji Subhas Open University for conducting ODL B.Ed. (with 200 students) in 2013, and Study Centre of West Bengal Board of Primary Education for conducting ODL D. EL.Ed. (with 100 students) in 2013. It obtained approval from the University of Calcutta to have a Research Centre so that it may conduct Programmes like
Ph.D. and other research courses starting from academic session 2014–15. The Post-graduation Diploma in
Yoga education was started in the year 2016. One of the notable Hindu monks of the Ramakrishna Order,
Swami Sarvapriyananda, served as the principal of Shikshanamandira. == Courses offered ==