B.Ed.

DU B.Ed. Entrance Exam application is expected to be released on the 2nd week of May on the official website of NTA. Eligible candidates can register by generating an application number and creating an application online. Candidates are required to submit their online applications tentatively by the 1st week of June. 

Other than the regular B.Ed. programs, the two specialty programs offered by the institute are B.Ed. in Visual Impairment and B.Ed. in Mental Retardation, admissions to which is also granted through DU B.Ed. Entrance Exam.

Candidates who have registered are required to download their DU B.Ed. Admit Card before the exam. 

The qualifying marks for the general category will be 20 out of 100 marks while it will be 18 marks for reserved categories. Candidates who will qualify for the exam can participate in counseling process.

The Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) is a full time two year programme , offered by the Faculty of Education, University of Delhi at four institutions:

1. Department of Education (Central Institute of Education - CIE)

2. Lady Irwin College (LIC)

3. Maharshi Valmiki College of Education (MVCE)

4. Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women (SPMC)

Candidates must fulfill both Part A and Part B of the eligibility conditions.

A. Minimum Qualifying Marks

Category-I: Candidates with at least 50% marks in aggregate either in Bachelor’s Degree and / or in the Master’s Degree in Science / Social Science /Humanities/ Commerce or any other qualification equivalent thereto are eligible for admission to the programme.

Category-II: Candidates with at least 55% marks in aggregate in Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Technology and specialization in Science and Mathematics with 55% marks or any other qualification equivalent thereto are eligible for admission to the programme.

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B. Eligibility for choosing Subject Category and Teaching Subject

• The candidate will have to choose one subject category and only one teaching subject (within the subject category) from Table 1 which she/he must have studied in the qualifying degree i.e. Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree for at least 200 marks or at least 12 credits (as per UGC guidelines related to CBCS courses) in Core Course and Elective Courses and obtained at least 50% marks in this subject.
• This subject category chosen by the candidate will be considered final for preparing merit list and allocation of institutions.
• The subject chosen by the candidate from the subject category (Table 1) will be considered as the teaching subject and will remain to be the same throughout the B.Ed. programme.
• Request for change in subject category will not be entertained under any circumstances for allocation of institutions and seats.

Table 1

The institution wise allocation of seats for various subject categories. The candidates for each reserved category will compete amongst themselves for the seats available under subject category in the four institutions, as detailed below:

Relaxations / Concessions

The minimum eligibility requirement for the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) candidates will be that they must have passed the qualifying school/degree examination.

Other Backward Classes (OBC), Children/Widows/Wives of Armed Personnel, including Para-Military Personnel, killed/disabled in Action (CW), Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category candidates will be allowed a concession of 5% marks in the minimum eligibility requirements of the programme and the teaching subject as per University of Delhi norms.

There are no seats offered in the B.Ed. Programme on the basis of Sports/ Co-Curricular Activities.

Reservations

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe / Other Backward Classes

Reservation of seats shall be in the following manner:

• Scheduled Caste = 15% of total intake in the course
• Scheduled Tribe = 7.5% of total intake in the course
• Other Backward Classes = 27% of total intake in the course

(Remaining seats will be open for all candidates.)

Supernumerary Seats:

(i) Persons with Disabilities (PwD category) 5% of the total seats in the course will be kept for PwD category. Seats will be offered as per the guidelines of the University of Delhi.

(ii) Children/Widows of eligible Armed Forces Personnel including Para Military Forces (CW category): 5% of the total seats in the course will be kept for CW category.

As per the guidelines approved by the Academic Council, University of Delhi, admissions of candidates belonging to CW category, have to be made as per the merit in the entrance test but strictly in the following order of priorities: 

(iii) Foreign Nationals 5% of the total seats in the course will be kept for foreign nationals.

Admissions of Foreign Nationals will be as per the guidelines of the University of Delhi. The candidates may contact Foreign Students Registry for the same. 

(i) Rounding off fractions in deciding the eligibility percentage is not allowed.

(ii) Mere successful registration by the candidate does not entail right to appear in the B.Ed. entrance examination unless the payment of entrance test fee made by the candidate is verified and satisfied by the B.Ed. Admission Committee.

(iii) Candidates who have applied for revaluation/improvement of examination results or have appeared in supplementary examinations (to re-appear) will not be considered for provisional admission.

(iv) All those candidates who have appeared in the final year examination and whose results are awaited may also apply. However, they are required to produce a provisional certificate, necessary mark sheets of the required qualifications, and other documents, at the time of admission at their respective allocated institution.

(v) The candidates who do not have the results of their qualifying degree / category certificate, shall be allowed for provisional admission and given any extension of time as per the University guidelines.

(vi) Any candidate whose name appears in the admission list, must report to the allocated institution on the date(s) mentioned for the admission list. In case of non-reporting by the candidate, the seat will be treated as vacant and offered to the next candidate in the particular subject category in the subsequent admission lists. As per the observations made by the Hon’ble High Court in the matter of University of Delhi Vs. Akansha Gupta & Ors. In LPA 903/2013, for those courses wherein admissions are based on the rank in the entrance examination, the candidates will be eligible for admission only if they have the results of their qualifying degree examinations.

(vii) Subject Category selected in the registration form by the candidate shall not be changed thereafter.

(viii) In case of any disparity regarding the choice of teaching subject, the decision of the B.Ed.Admission Committee shall be final and binding.

(ix) The candidates applying for admission to the B.Ed. programme shall be permitted to apply simultaneously under UR/SC/ST/OBC Category as well as CW, PwD and other categories for which reservations /concession is admissible.

An applicant should take care of the following before filling the admission form:

1. Visit the University of Delhi website and go to Post graduate admission Portal and register yourself first.
2. Go through the B.Ed. Prospectus available at http://doe.du.ac.in very carefully.
3. Check your Eligibility according to the Eligibility criteria given in the prospectus.
4. For online application, fill the B.Ed. Admission Form available on DU PG Admissions Portal
5. Please follow the step by step instructions given on the PG Admissions portal carefully while filling the online form.
6. Please select the Subject Category and one teaching subject very carefully.
7. Please select the Centre of examination carefully.
8. No Changes in the form are allowed once the online payment has been done.
9. After the payment is made, take a print-out of the form and bring it along on the day of admission at the allocated institution.

All admissions to the B.Ed. programme will be made through an Entrance Test of 400 marks. The merit will be prepared on the basis of scores obtained in the Entrance Test. The test will be of 2 hours duration. The question paper shall consist of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) of 4 marks each. There is NEGATIVE MARKING. For each wrong answer ONE mark would be deducted.

There will be one common entrance test for all the candidates. The test will include questions based on understanding and application of concepts in Science, Social Science and Mathematics at school level (up to senior secondary / class 12), language comprehension in both English and Hindi, reasoning and general awareness on social, political and economic issues.

The entrance test will be conducted online only. The test description given below:

Type: Multiple-Choice Questions

Medium: English or Hindi

Content:

• Subject Knowledge at School (till senior secondary level )
• Reasoning and General Awareness
• Language Proficiency (in English and Hindi) 
  

A. Display of Admission List with allocation of institutions On the basis of the performance in the entrance test, a merit list of all candidates, who take the test, will be displayed on the Website of the University/Department. Depending on the rank in the merit list of their respective category of the candidate, subject category, availability of seats and preference of the institutions, candidates will be allocated to different institutions. Display of name in the merit list does not indicate final selection for admission. The overall merit list will comprise of candidates of all categories. No one will be excluded from the same. The Unreserved (UR) merit list will also include SC/ST/OBC/PwD/CW

In case of a tie, the University guidelines will be followed.

Each subject category may have different merit list based on the rank obtained in the Entrance Test and availability of seats. For instance, seats may get filled in with high rank in merit for Science/Social Science Subject categories but may continue to get filled in with lower ranks in merit for Home Science category as the seats are more in Home Science.

Being a unique professional programme where allotment of institution to a successful candidate involves various factors such as merit in the entrance test, candidate’s category, subject category, availability of teaching subjects across institutions and candidate’s preference of institutions, hence, candidates are not allowed to change their allotted institution. Similarly, no change of institution is allowed from one admission list to subsequent admission lists. Any mutual swapping of institutions amongst candidates is also not allowed. The Faculty of Education treats all institutions as equal with dedicated staff and adequate support system. Candidates should check Department of Education website and DU website for regular updates on Schedule of B.Ed. Admissions Lists. New Admission lists will be generated till all the seats are filled.

B. Admission Formalities

The candidates shortlisted for the admission must be present at the stipulated date and time, at their allotted institutions, along with:

a. Photo ID Proof

b. Print out of their filled in Application/Registration Form

c. Admit Card of Entrance Test

d. Two latest passport size photographs

e. Original and two sets of photocopies of relevant documents

Women candidates can choose any of the four institutions, depending on availability of seats in the respective subjects and categories. LIC is open only for women candidates offering Home Science. Men and Other Gender candidates have only two institutions as Choice of Institution - DoE (CIE) & MVCE. The candidates will have to complete the admission related formalities within the stipulated period of time in the respective institutions allotted to them. If they fail to do so, the offer will be withdrawn and the seats will be allotted to candidates next in the merit list of the subsequent admission list. Their selection will stand automatically cancelled without any further notice.

Once allocated, no request for change of institution shall be entertained. In other words, up-gradation of institutions is not allowed.

The candidates who do not have their results of the qualifying degree shall not be allowed for provisional admission. As per the observations made by the Hon’ble High Court in the matter of University of Delhi Vs Akansha Gupta & Ors. In LPA 903/2013, for the those courses wherein admissions are based on the rank in the entrance examination, the candidates will be eligible for admission only if they have the results of their qualifying degree examinations.

Such candidate may be considered for admission in the subsequent admission lists, provided:

i. The candidate reports to the allocated institutions on the date(s) mentioned when his / her names appear in the merit list(s).

ii. The Admission Committee, in the light of the University guidelines, allows the candidate a limited time period after taking an undertaking from the candidate, to present the documents within the given time period. 

1. The candidates selected for admission to the B.Ed. Programme, are required to complete the admission related formalities within the stipulated period of time including payment of the requisite fee (as notified by the concerned institution) as per the admission lists. The fee structure of the four institutions/colleges offering B.Ed. programme will be announced at the time of admissions. Fee concessions will be offered as per the guidelines of the University of Delhi.

Admission to B. Ed. Programme will be considered complete subject to the following:

(a) Reporting at the concerned institution, within the prescribed time-limit and submission of two latest passport size photographs of the candidate and all requisite original certificates & documents along with attested photocopies.

(b) Payment of online admission fee, within the prescribed time-limit. 

Documents required for Admission

• High School/Secondary School Certificate for verification of date of birth.
• A detailed Statement of Marks of Part- I, II and III at Graduation. In case of Post-graduation being the eligibility, a Statement of Marks at Master’s level.
• Provisional certificate or degree of the qualifying examination.
• Relevant certificates/documents from a competent authority, establishing the candidate’s claim for reservation, for candidates belonging to reserved categories.
• Character Certificate from the institution last attended or from any gazetted officer (valid for six months from the date of issue).
• In the case of candidates in service, a No Objection Certificate from the employer and a letter of sanction of study leave for a period of two years. Please arrange documents in the serial order mentioned above.

2. A candidate, who fails to submit any of the above mentioned documents at the time of admission, will not be entitled to admission. The Admission Committee, with an appropriate written undertaking from the candidate, will have the discretion to give some time for submission of documents,

3. B.Ed. is a two year full-time programme. B.Ed. students are not permitted to take up any employment (full-time or part-time). The employed candidates admitted to the B.Ed. Programme will have to produce valid sanction of leave from the employer.

4. As per A.C. Resolution 40 dated 24/04/1997, no student of the University shall be permitted to pursue two degree courses simultaneously either from the University of Delhi or from other University except the part-time diplomas/certificates of the University of Delhi.

5. All the selected candidates admitted to the B.Ed. Programme are required to join the programme on the opening day of the new academic session, as notified in the Prospectus.

6. Admission lists will be generated to fill in all the possible seats by the last date of admission as decided by the University. The Admissions shall not be re-opened, once the admissions have been notified as ‘closed’.

7. All admissions are subject to the approval of the University of Delhi.

8. If, at any stage, after verification of documents and payment of fee, it is found that the furnished information is wrong or inaccurate, or Certificate(s) /documents produced are false, the consequences may lead to cancellation of the candidate’s Entrance Test result, admission, forfeiture of the tuition fee, degree and initiation of criminal proceedings against the candidate.

The B.Ed. Programme of the University of Delhi consists of Theory courses and Practicum. The detailed syllabus is available on the website of the Department of Education. The B.Ed. curriculum follows NCTE/UGC guidelines and may vary from Recruitment rules of different Selection Boards for Teachers.

Title of the Course & Maximum Marks

First Year

• Paper I Education in Contemporary India: 100 Marks 
• Paper II Human Development and Learning: 100 Marks 
• Paper III Conceptual Foundations of Education: 100 Marks 
• Paper IV Pedagogy 1 (any one of the subject categories): 100 Marks 
• Paper V Pedagogy-2 (Teaching of any one subject at school): 100 Marks 
• Paper VI Gender, School and Society: 50 Marks 
• Paper VII Knowledge, Disciplines and School Subjects: 50 Marks 
• Enhancement of Professional Capacity (EPC)
• EPC 1: Art, Craft and Aesthetics, with special reference to any one of the four arts: 50 Marks 
• EPC 2: Critical Understanding of ICTs in Education: 50 Marks 
• Tutorial 50 Field Observation (Practicum) 50 Total Marks: 800

Second Year

• Paper VIII The Inclusive School: 50 Marks 
• Paper IX Assessment for Learning: 50 Marks 
• Paper X Elective Course (Any One) 100
• Enhancement of Professional Capacity (EPC)
• EPC 3: Understanding Communication: 50 Marks 
• EPC 4: Yoga: 50 Marks 
• School Experience Programme (S.E.P.) – Internship: 300 Marks 

Total Marks : 600

Timings: All students are expected to remain in the respective institutions for the entire day, as per the working hours of the respective institutions. During S.E.P. days, all students are expected to be in the school for the entire duration of the school hours.

Medium of instruction and examination: For Foundation Courses, the medium of instruction can be either Hindi or English as per the option of the candidate. For Pedagogy and Optional/Elective Courses, facilities exist for instruction in a bilingual mode. The medium of examination is either English or Hindi for all the courses. The same medium should be used by a candidate for all the examinations.

Hostel Accommodation: There are two small dormitory-type hostels in DoE (CIE), separate for men and women. The application for a seat in the hostel should be submitted immediately after taking admission. At present, MVCE and SPMC have no hostel facility; but the students admitted there can apply for admission to the DoE (CIE) Hostels. They would be considered for a hostel seat as per the Hostel rules. LIC has hostel facilities for the students.