The B.Ed. Structure

The B.Ed annual intake is 100.s

The Bachelor of Education programme, generally known as B.Ed., is a professional course that prepares teachers for upper primary or middle level (classes VI-VIII), secondary level (classes IX-X) and senior secondary level (classes (XI-XII).

Duration

The B.Ed. Programme shall be of a duration of two academic years, which can be completed in a maximum of three years from the date of admission to the programme.

School Internship

School Internship would be a part of the broad curricular area of 'Engagement with the Field and shall be designed to lead to development of a broad repertoire of perspectives, professional capacities, teacher sensibilities and skills. The curriculum of B.Ed. shall provide for sustained engagement with learners and the school (including engaging in continuous and comprehensive assessment for learning), thereby creating a synergy with schools in the neighborhood throughout the year. Student-teachers shall be equipped to cater to diverse needs of learners in schools. These activities shall be for 4 weeks in the first year of the course.

Students are to be actively engaged in teaching for 16 weeks in the final year of the course They shall be engaged at two levels, namely, upper primary (classes VI-VIII) and secondary (IX-X), or senior secondary, with at least 16 weeks in secondary/senior secondary classes. They should be provided opportunities to teach in schools with systematic supervisory support and feedback from faculty.

Internship in schools will be for a minimum duration of 20 weeks for a two –year programme (4 weeks in the first year, and 16 weeks in the second year as noted above). This should also include, besides practice teaching, an initial phase of one week for observing a regular classroom with a regular teacher and would also include peer observations, teacher observation and faculty observations of practice lessons.