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 Two year duration.
unit of 100 students approved by NCTE.
Eligibility
Candidates with at least 45% marks in the Bachelor 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 sixteen week 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.