Proposal to club BEd with other courses accepted

Updated on: Tuesday, October 05, 2010

The proposal to club the BEd course alongwith other graduation courses in science and arts has been given the go-ahead after a vice chancellors’ meet presided by Human Resource and Development Minister (HRD) Kapil Sibal.

Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai of the 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.

He informed that the four-year integrated course will not be made available to students from the commerce stream. "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," he said.

During the meeting, the vice chancellors agreed to exchange teachers between colleges. They also agreed to have a group of central universities called "Navratna" that would include varsities that follow strict guidelines and educational standards. This would help in creating a healthy competition between varsities.

Proposal to club BEd with other courses accepted

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