Maharashtra: Four-year BA/BSc-BEd course to be replaced with integrated program from coming academic year

Students who had registered for the BA/BSc-BEd entrance exam will receive a refund of their registration fees, credited to the same bank account used during payment.

The last date to submit online applications for the NCET exam is March 16. Aspiring candidates can register at http://www.nta.ac.in or https://exams.nta.ac.in/NCET. The ITEP entrance exam will be held on April 29 by the NTA.

With only a few months left for the new academic year, there is yet much confusion among colleges offering B.Ed about ITEP.

Principal of a college from Mumbai said, “When the NCTE announced this last year, many aspects were unclear, including whether the Maharashtra government would follow it. Only a few colleges in Maharashtra had applied for the IETP approval but many are still contemplating on the process.”

Additionally, colleges have pointed out the issues over multi-disciplinary approach required for IETP. “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 if such tie-ups will be permitted,” said representative of a B.Ed. college management.