B. Ed Colleges and Courses

Children are considered to be the future of any nation. And thus, it is duty of any nation to grow and nurture their children and make them a good citizen. Education is very crucial in transforming an individual into good citizens. It is essential to have best teachers, because they are considered to be the backbone of education for any country. They are the one who transform the child and later to the young minds into the productive ones. Therefore the role of teachers is very vital. And thus, it is very important to have trained and very good teachers. So training for teacher becomes very essential. In India, we have several training programs for teachers. B. Ed. course is among one of them.

Qualifications
Minimum qualification to pursue the course of B. Ed. is Graduation in any discipline (with minimum of 45% marks). In some universities and institutes this minimum limit is 50%. For M. Ed. Course, it is necessary to have qualification of B. Ed.

Benefits
With growing population, the need for trained teachers has increased considerably, and in coming time it is always going to increase, therefore there are lot of job opportunities available for the teacher, with really good packages. After completing B.Ed or M.Ed there are ample of opportunity across various types of school, training colleges, NGO’s, for example :

  1. Kendriya Vidyalayas
  2. Army Schools
  3. State governed schools
  4. B. Ed. Training colleges
  5. Schools for disabled person
  6. NGOs working for disabled
  7. Private schools

Courses
Universities are offering B. Ed. Course after Graduation. There are some institutions which are providing B. Ed. Course (special education for challenged and disable children’s). Jamia Milia University Delhi offers a course in B. Ed. (Nursery). Course of M.Ed. is being offered in many universities across India. And if any one wants to pursue doctoral and post doctoral courses in teachers training, then there are several universities which offer such courses. Distance learning courses are also available. But these courses are strictly meant for the teachers who are in service.

Course Duration
Course duration of B. Ed. is one year.

B.Ed Institution
Some major institutes and universities related to this course are as follows:

  1. National Council of Teacher Education, New Delhi
  2. University of Punjab
  3. Jamila Milia Islamia University, Delhi
  4. University of Mysore
  5. University of Punjab