Standards for Secondary Teacher Education Programme/B.Ed.

Preamble

• The secondary teacher education programme, commonly known as B.Ed., is meant for preparing teachers for secondary/senior secondary schools.

Duration and Intake

• The B.Ed. programme is a regular course of one-year duration.
• unit of 100 students approved by NCTE.

Eligibility

• Candidates with at least 45% marks in the Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree with at least two school subjects at the graduation level are eligible for admission.
• Admissions are made by University, through entrance test conducted by the University. Management quota seats are 15% and they are filled up on the basis of the marks obtained in the Bachelor's/Master's Degree and as per policy of the University.
• Reservation of seats for SC/ST/OBC, Handicapped, Women, etc. is as per policy of the University/State Government.

Curriculum Transaction

• Every teacher trainee is required to undergo internship-in-teaching (including practice teaching and skill development) for at least 30 days in nearby secondary/senior secondary schools.
• Apart from teaching of foundation courses, there is provision for methodology of teaching two out of five school subjects at the secondary level (Regional Language/Mother Tongue, English, Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences), or discipline-specific subjects at the senior secondary level (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, History, Geography, Political Science, Economics, Commerce etc.)
• Teachers are so distributed as to ensure the required nature and level of expertise for teaching methodology courses and foundation courses.
• For teaching subjects such as physical education, art, work experience, information technology literacy, etc., part-time instructors are available.