New Delhi: The Vice Chancellors of numerous universities have given their approval to a proposal of selecting universities to offer Bachelor of Education (B Ed) course along with graduation. The approval was given in a meeting chaired by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal. As per sources, the B Ed course will be offered with graduation under 3+1 pattern. The proposal aims at providing more trained teachers in a short span of time for the quicker growth of school education.
V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) said that the vice chancellors had agreed to the proposal during the meeting and it will be introduced in July 2011, once the academic councils of select universities give it the go ahead. Further, he informed that the four year integrated course is available to students from Science or Arts stream and not to students from Commerce stream.
Moreover, Pillai said that students in three-year graduation courses would be able to choose to study another academic year, so that they can get a Bachelor's degree in education. Several regional colleges in India are already following this system. In order to give recommendations to the HRD Ministry, a committee has been formed, which is headed by V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU.
Further, Pillai informed that seven extra teachers for B Ed are required in every college for the syllabus to be implemented. The Vice Chancellors had agreed to swap teachers between colleges. They had also agreed to have Navratna, a group of central universities that strictly follows the guidelines and educational standards.
