B. Ed
A Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) is an undergraduate professional degree which prepares students for work as a teacher in schools. This is mandatory for teaching at the secondary and higher secondary level.
The deputed school teachers may be allowed to take admission in regular B.Ed. course as per existing practice till such time, ODL mode B.Ed. is started.
The approved working untrained Assistant Teachers of the recognized Non-Government Aided Secondary Schools must have to undergo B.Ed. training course for TWO years as per NCTE norms.
Question papers for B. Ed./ B. P. Ed./ M. Ed./ M. P. Ed. examinations are henceforth printed bilingually, i.e. in both English and Bengali languages.
List of proposed B. Ed./ M. Ed./ B. P. Ed./ M. P. Ed. Colleges, for which there may be no objection to issue NOC in favour of the colleges subject to their papers/ applications being in order.
During admission in B.Ed courses in the NCTE recognized Institutions, 50 percent seats for Deputed Teachers and 50 percent for the Freshers will be reserved particularly for the teachers teaching for class IX onwards in the coming academic sessions.
Only Rs. 22000/- was decided as admission fees for each student-teacher taking admission into two year B.Ed course through ODL mode. Violation of the above scheduled fee-structure will be viewed seriously.
B. Ed shall be deemed to have come under the affiliation of the West Bengal University of Teachers’ Training, Education Planning and Administration w.e.f. 12.02.2016.
As per provision under NCTE’s latest Regulation duration of B. Ed. programme shall be at least for a term of one academic year or two semesters. In obedience with the aforesaid norm of NCTE it has been decided that B. Ed. classes will start from 1st July every year and continue upto the last day of June next year.
West Bengal School Service Commission (General Transfer) Rules, 2013 is the latest Rule, shall have the preference over the other related Rules like B.Ed candidates, obligation for serving the institution for a particular time.
State Government in the Higher Education Department has advised to start the procedure for admission in Teachers’ training programmes for the academic session 2023-2025 wef 01.09.2023.