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Pvt colleges seek one-year B Ed course
The managements of private B.Ed. Colleges in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have urged the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to revert to the one-year B.Ed. programme.
Hyderabad: The managements of private B.Ed. Colleges in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have urged the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to revert to the one-year B.Ed. programme.
- Oppose the present two-year system
- Cite poor admissions to the programme as reason
At a public meeting organised by the NCTE review committee in the city on Wednesday, the college managements lamented that after introducing the two-year BEd programme, enrollment in colleges had drastically come down. The managements bemoaned that except for a few elite colleges in both the states, other colleges recorded single-digit admissions.
A representative of a B.Ed. college from Andhra Pradesh said the introduction of two-year BEd course from 2015 has affected admissions in colleges. Further, he said that students were not willing to join even if the course was offered free of cost.
“Not just private colleges, government colleges are also affected. About 256 seats are vacant in the convener quota after the final round of admissions. What is that NCTE wants to achieve through the two-year B.Ed. course,” he questioned.
College managements put forth their arguments to the NCTE committee and said it was not viable for them to run the two-year course, as only 20 to 30 per cent seats were filled last year. The managements also lamented that the fee structure for the teacher training education was less in contrast to other courses.
“Due to the low fee structure, staff maintenance has become a big issue for colleges. Some colleges are paying a meager amount to instructors,” said Pradeep Kumar, an owner of a B.Ed. College from Telangana. School Teachers’ Federation of India vice-president N Narayana suggested to the committee not to allow teacher training programmes through the distance mode.
He wanted the curriculum for teacher education to include multicultural, diversified and pluralistic content. He wanted the SCERTs to be developed as universities on the lines of National Council of Educational Research and Training.
Former Principal of University of Arts and Social Sciences, OU, Keshav Narayana wanted to know why NCTE insisted on Ph.D. holders for making appointments to the post of principal in BEd colleges while such a norm was not there for degree colleges.
