B.Ed. – Bachelor of Education

B.Ed. is an undergraduate course which is divided into four academic semesters. This educational program is exclusively designed with the objective of churning out skilled teachers. It is necessarily a skill-oriented training course that imparts theory and applied lessons of classroom teaching for the enrolled students. One can go for a full-time, part-time, or a distance education BEd program. However, only those distance education programs which are accredited by the NCTE are given value in the job market. One should not take more than five years to earn the BEd degree via distance education. A typical self-financed BEd course costs thirty to sixty thousand rupees.

Best Schools

• KJ Somaiya Comprehensive College of Education, Mumbai
• Bombay Teacher’s Training College, Mumbai
• Lady Irwin College, Delhi
• Government College of Education, Chandigarh
• Saint Xavier College of Education, Patna
• DM College of Teachers Education, Imphal
• Kirorimal College of Education, Bhiwani
• AG Teachers College, Ahmedabad
• Kasturi Ram College of Higher Education, New Delhi
• Kamala Nehru Mahavidyalaya, Bhopal
• Loreto College, Kolkata
• Bhabha College of Education, Bhopal
• Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneshwar

B.Ed Qualification

Any student holding an undergraduate degree or equivalent educational qualification in any discipline is deemed to be eligible for B.Ed.

Our Advice

The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) regulates the BEd, MEd, and DEd (Diploma in Education) teaching programs. A BEd degree is a prerequisite for teaching in high schools, and one can pursue Master of Education (Med) or an integrated Ph.D. in education after successful completion of this course.

Career Scope

After graduating, one gets ample opportunity in private sector as well as in government-run and government-aided schools with lucrative pay packages. The salary is decided by the job profile a person will be holding in the school. A BEd graduate can also set up own school with funding (MUDRA loan scheme) from the central government or any financial institutions. Some of the job roles a person with a BEd degree typically gets are as follows.

• School Teacher
• Online Tutor
• Private Tutor
• Education Consultant
• Administrator
• Vice-Principal
• Principal
• Assistant Dean
• Counselor
• Instructor
• Content Writer
• Educational Researcher
• Syllabus Designer

Some of the well-known recruiters in this domain are as follows.

• (NUEPA) National University of Educational Planning and Administration
• Everonn Education
• Educomp Solutions
• (NCERT) National Council of Educational Research and Training
• Delhi Public School
• Billabong High School
• Sanskar Valley School
• Eastern Public School

The mean CTC of a fresh BEd graduate is around three lacs per annum and increases with good experience. TGTs and PGTs (trained graduate teachers and postgraduate teachers) get more than three and four and a half lacs respectively per annum in the government sectors. A TGT can teach up to the tenth standard, while a PGT can teach up to twelve.

B.Ed Course Details

This four-semester program is structured in such a manner that blends classroom teaching with internships, seminars, and practical training sessions. Prospective candidates should go through the B.Ed syllabi very carefully before admission to get a proper idea of the course. The objective of B.Ed is to prepare a candidate for the role of a teacher in high schools and makes the student learn all the nitty-gritty of the educational methods and principles.  The course requires the incoming students to be articulate and coherent in their speech and thought processes. They also need to be patient, caring, passionate about studies and also good at solving problems, as the job of a high school teacher is pretty challenging.

B.Ed Syllabus

This course is structured around the following teaching areas.

• Culture, Education, and Human Values
• Educational Psychology
• Educational Evaluation and Assessment
• Counseling and Guidance
• Philosophy of Education
• Holistic Education

Choosing an Institute

• Course curriculum and choice of electives: a prospective student should thoroughly go through the prescribed syllabi and list of electives before making any final decision
• Faculty: the more the number of full-time faculties, i.e., the less the number of part-time/contractual faculties the better
• Mode of instruction: full-time courses are more rigorous than part-time, weekend, and distance education
• Internship: paid or unpaid internship in a school helps the student apply the acquired methods of teaching
• Course fees: while most colleges have a yearly/semester-based fee structure, a few offer the option to pay quarterly, bi-monthly, or even monthly
• Infrastructure: apart from hostel and mess for outstation candidates, a good college  must have a well-stocked library
• Placement: If the college has an active placement cell, it acts as a launching pad for new BEd graduates
• Tie-up with banks: Some colleges have agreements with banks for faster processing of educational loans

B.Ed Eligibility

Minimum eligibility criteria for this course are as follows.

• A bachelors degree or any equivalent qualification like AMIE/AMIETE (Associate Membership of Institute of Engineers/Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers) and in any disciple recognized by UGC/AIU/ACU (University Grants Communication/Association of Indian Universities/Association of Commonwealth Universities)
• A minimum pass percentage of fifty for graduation or fifty-five for post-graduation or equivalent

Universities for BEd

• Christ University, Bangalore
• Andhra University, Vizag
• SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
• University of Punjab, Punjab
• University of Pune, Pune
• Himachal Pradesh University, HP
• University of Bombay, Mumbai
• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi
• University of Delhi, New Delhi
• Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
• Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
• ICFAI University, Dehradun
• University of Lucknow, Lucknow
• Integral University, Lucknow
• Ranchi University, Ranchi
• Annamalai University, Cuddalore
• Bangalore University, Bengaluru
• Calicut University, Calicut
• Magadh University, Gaya

B.Ed Entrance Exams

1. Telangana State Education Common Entrance Test (CET)

• Mode: online and written
• Availability of forms: 12.06.2018 – 06.07.2018
• Examination: 16.07.2018
• Result publication: 28.07.2018

1. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University CET

• Mode: written test
• Examination: 13.05.2018 – 19.05.2018
• Result publication: 24.05.2018

1. Delhi University BEd Entrance

• Mode: written test

1. Patna University BEd Entrance

• Mode: written test

1. Uttar Pradesh BEd Joint Entrance

• Mode: online test
• Availability of forms: 15.02.2018 – 15.03.2018
• Examination: 11.04.2018
• Result publication: 10.05.2018

1. Maharashtra BEd CET

• Mode: online test
• Availability of forms: 05.04.2018 – 26.04.2018
• Examination: 09.06.2018 – 10.06.2018
• Result publication: 01.07.2018

1. Himachal Pradesh University BEd Entrance

• Mode: online test
• Availability of forms: 13.04.2018 – 21.05.2018
• Examination: 08.06.2018
• Result publication: 30.06.2018

B.Ed Syllabus & Subjects List

Year 1
Semester 1	Semester 2
Development of learner and moral/value education	Theoretical elective I
Philosophical perspectives of Education	Theoretical elective II
Knowledge of school curriculum development	Practical elective I
Contemporary India and education	Practical elective II
Internship in school
Year 2
Semester 3	Semester 4
Practice in teaching	Psychology of learning
Community service/NSS	Sociological perspectives in education
	Educational technology and Information & communication technology (ICT)
	Language across curriculum
	Assessment for learning

 

• Theoretical electives I & II (a student is supposed to select any two from the list): English, Hindi, Mathematics, Physical Science, Biological Science, History, Geography, Civics, Commerce, Economics, Home Science, Agriculture
• Practical electives I & II (a student is supposed to select any two from the list): Pedagogy of English or Hindi Language and Literature/Mathematics/Physical Science/Biological Science/History/Geography/Civics/Commerce/Economics/Home Science/Agriculture/Book Review/Creative Writing/Computer Education/Yoga and Physical Education
• Additional electives (a student is supposed to select any one from the list): Guidance and Counseling, Environmental Education, Human Rights and Peace Education, School Management and Leadership, Gender-School-Society

Job Opportunities in Teaching

Teaching and medicine are two noble professions which everybody respects. The private sector and also the government routinely recruit a large pool of teachers. A B.Ed graduate is fit for teaching in secondary and higher secondary schools. One can join as a full-time, part-time, or temporary teacher after finishing this course. BEds are employed in schools, education departments, coaching centers, educational consultancies, or can even teach independently. These graduates may also work as academic counselors and academic content writers.

Should I Specialize in teaching subject?

Students can opt for majoring in any one of the following concentrations.

• Biological Science
• Commerce
• Computer Science
• Economics
• English
• Geography
• Hearing Impaired
• Hindi
• Home Science
• Natural Science
• Physical Education
• Physical Science
• Special Education
• Tamil
• Mathematics
• Political Science
• Physics
• Chemistry

Making a Difference

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first vice-president and also the second president of India, whose birthday is celebrated as the Teachers’ Day in the subcontinent on 5^Th September every year. He used to believe that “teachers should be the best minds in the country.”

The BEd is one such course which prepares a person to manage the solemn duties of a teacher diligently and responsibly. This course is scheduled to go through a radical overhaul. Soon, a four-year-long program will replace the present format, and the students will be able to enroll themselves in that course after finishing high school (10+2).