Mohammed Younus / Hyderabad : Students aspiring to select teaching as their career would now have to spend an extra year mastering the advanced techniques of this unique profession as the duration of the Bachelor of Education (B Ed) course is all set to be raised by one year from the 2015-16 academic year. National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is all set to make some sweeping changes by increasing the duration of BEd from one year to two years, apart from initiating some major changes to the curriculum.
The proposals are aimed at improving the quality of teacher education. As part of the proposed reforms in the entire higher education system in the country, the central government has already proposed several changes in teacher education. The eligibility to apply for B Ed would remain the same wherein a candidate needs to complete a three-year undergraduate course. With this, one has to study for five years to become a teacher (3 years of graduation and 2 years of B Ed). Experts feel that a change in the duration of the course and curriculum would give professional edge to aspirants, similar to other professional courses like BE (four years), MBBS (five-and-a-half years) and CA (five- years).
This change also comes with some strict norms wherein students would have to complete BEd within three years from the date of admission and also have an attendance of 80%. The proposal was put forth earlier during a meeting of vice-chancellors conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). It was also communicated to the universities that a framework to formulate the syllabus would be sent to them very soon. The reforms would include strict norms for colleges providing teacher education studies. Only those colleges having required infrastructure and facilities would be permitted to increase the intake of students.
In the first phase, these changes would be adopted by a few universities from the next academic year and later other varsities would implement it from 2016-17. The framework of syllabus would be decided after convening a meeting with eminent educationists to discuss the current curriculum and possibilities of bringing changes on a par with international standards.
This change also comes with some strict norms wherein students would have to complete BEd within three years from the date of admission and also have an attendance of 80%. The proposal was put forth earlier during a meeting of vice-chancellors conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). It was also communicated to the universities that a framework to formulate the syllabus would be sent to them very soon. The reforms would include strict norms for colleges providing teacher education studies. Only those colleges having required infrastructure and facilities would be permitted to increase the intake of students.
In the first phase, these changes would be adopted by a few universities from the next academic year and later other varsities would implement it from 2016-17. The framework of syllabus would be decided after convening a meeting with eminent educationists to discuss the current curriculum and possibilities of bringing changes on a par with international standards.
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