B.Ed colleges seek clarity as NCTE invites applications for integrated course
A senior official from the state government’s higher and technical education department said that a workshop will be held jointly with NCTE to make things clear for B.Ed colleges.
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Principal of a B.Ed college who did not want to be named said, “The course in principle is a good idea. But there is no clarity on what happens to single entity colleges that were offering only B.Ed until now.” (express photo) Even as National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has invited applications from colleges wanting to offer a four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP), launched in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, colleges offering only Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) course are seeking clarity.
Principal of a B.Ed college who did not want to be named said, “The course in principle is a good idea. But there is no clarity on what happens to single entity colleges that were offering only B.Ed until now.”
ITEP is a dual-major undergraduate degree offering BA-B.Ed/ BSc-B.Ed and BCom-B.Ed aimed at preparing teachers for the four stages of the school structure — foundational, preparatory, middle and secondary. The integrated course will benefit students since they will save one year by finishing the course in four years rather than the customary five years required by the present B.Ed plan.
According to colleges that offer only B.Ed, even if they have NAAC accreditation, they will not be able to offer ITEP because they are not connected with colleges offering the attached degrees. Additionally, colleges having sister institutions offering the attached degrees are seeking clarity on possibilities of mergers.
“There has to be a roadmap on how the integrated approach can be brought in. For example, there is a B.Ed college, run as an individual institution by a trust, which also has colleges offering attached courses, but as separate institutions. There is no clarity on wehther such tie-ups will be permitted,” said representative of a B.Ed college management on condition of anonymity.
A senior official from the state government’s higher and technical education department said that a workshop will be held jointly with NCTE to make things clear for B.Ed colleges.
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