Rules for Admission in B. Ed. (Two Year Course) A. Eligibility Candidates with at least 50% Marks either in Bachelor Degree and /or in Master Degree in Science/ Social Sciences/ Humanities, Bachelor in Engineering of Technology with specialization in Science and Mathematics with 55% Marks or any other Qualification equivalent there to, are eligible for admission to the programme. B. Duration and Working Days -Duration The B.Ed. Programme shall be of duration of Two Academic Years, which can be completed in a Maximum of Three Years from the date of the admission to the programme. Working Days  There shall be at least Two Hundred Working Days each year exclusive of the period of examination and admission.  Institution shall work for a minimum of thirty six hours a week, during which physical presence in the institution of all the teachers and student teachers is necessary to ensure their availability for advice, guidance, dialogue and consultation as and when needed.  The minimum attendance of student-teachers shall have to be 80% for all course work and practicum, and 90% for school internship. Revised Ordinance 81 A 1 There will be a Pre-Teacher Education Test (PTET) for all B.ED./Shiksha Shastri Colleges of Rajasthan. Application forms for the same will be invited by the University. Conducting PTET. Candidates with minimum of 50% marks at the Bachelor‘s degree examination of the University (Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer) or of any other university recognised as equivalent there to will be eligible to apply for admission to B.Ed./Shiksha Shastri Courses through PTET. However S.C., S.T., OBC, special backward classes as well as physically challenged and widow or divorcee women candidates of Rajasthan securing a minimum of 45% marks in aggregate in the Bachelors /masters Degree level examination will be eligible to apply for admission. No relaxation in the minimum percentage (not even 1 mark) as required above will be given to any candidates. Candidates who have passed graduation through correspondence course from any University by taking only one University examination or have not studied through 10+2+3 scheme or 10+1+3 (old scheme) are not eligible to appear in PTET. 2 To qualify the Pre-Teacher Education Test (PTET) the candidates shall be required to secure at least 40% marks in the test. There will be no provision of grace marks. For being selected the candidate‘s name should figure in merit list within the total number of seats available in different faculties and/or categories. 1 3 On the basis of performance of PTET a list of successful candidates will be drawn in order of merit showing against each candidates on the basis of the marks obtained. 4 a) Out of the total number of seats, faculty wise 5% seats will be filled in on the basis of overall merit, irrespective of the district or state to which the candidate belongs. b) For the remaining seats, faculty wise the Govt. of Rajasthan has reserved a fixed number of seats for each district in proportion to the population of the districts. However, in the event of non availability of such candidates these seats will be filled in from the overall general merit list. 5 a) Out of the total number of seats available in each faculty (Arts, Science and Commerce), reservation will be made as given here under. i) For candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes 16% ii) For candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes 12% iii) For candidates belongs of other backward classes 21% iv) For candidates belonging to Special Backward Classes 01% v) For women (out of which 2% seats are reserved for divorced woman 8% seats for and widows) 20% v) For physically challenge (including blind, deal and or dumb and orthopaedic) with at least 40% disability on production of a medical certificate on Form No.4 will have to be submitted duly signed by Medical Board or by Reader in the specially concerned where there is a Medical College or from the Junior Specialist in the speciality concerned or the CMHO at places where there is no Medical college (1% for Blind, 1% for Deaf and/or Dum b and 1% for orthopaedic handicapped) 3% vi) For In-service or a discharged/retired defence personnel or his/her ward. 5% Notes on Rule 4&5: 1 Candidate belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes shall be required to produce a Certificate to that effect from a District Magistrate / Sub Divisional Magistrate/Tehsildar. 2 The term ‗ward‘ means only the son, daughter, wife and/or husband, real sister and real brother may also be treated ward of defence personel provided they are dependent on the guardian concerned and parents are not alive. 3 Divorced women shall be required to produce a certificate from the court to the effect that she has been divorced. 2 4 For defence personnel/wards certificates from the Major of the Unit/Secretary, Soldiers Board is to be provided. Important : 5 For deciding the candidature of a person from a district of Rajasthan the only consideration will be the district from where the candidates has passed secondary school examination 6 As envisaged under Rule 4&5 the selection for admission is made faculty wise and to avoid an ambiguity on the score the faculty of candidate will be the faculty from which the candidate has passed his/her graduation. Exceptions to this rule shall be permitted only to candidate, who has passed M.A./M.Com. in two subjects and opted for selection under faculty from which he/she has passed his/her post/graduation in two subjects. Explanatory note : I) The above note shall be applicable to a candidate who has passed post graduation in other than his/her faculty of under graduation. II) The subjects of under graduation as well as post graduation shall be considered to decide teaching subjects as usual, provided a candidate has passed his/her under graduation as well as post graduation Examination from the same faculty. The candidate of Dausa, Baran, Rajsamand, Hanumangarh and Karoli district have to enclose a photocopy of the certificate of Secondary School Examination as well as certificate of the Magistrate that the place where from secondary examination has been passed lives in that particular district. Similarly, candidates who have passed secondary from Central Board will also have to enclose a copy of secondary certificate showing the name of School wise place. Further provided that: a) In case of a married woman, the place of bonafide residence of husband may be the district, provided a bonafide residence certificate of husband‘s place and marriage certificate obtained from District Magistrate are produced along with examination application form for appearing in the test. The option of district so given will not in any case be changed after submitting the examination application form. b) Such wards of defence personnel and Central Govt. employees, who have passed their Secondary Examination from outside Rajasthan/other than the District to which such defence personnel/ Central Government employee originally belongs within a district of Rajasthan may be considered from the district to which they originally belong to provided bonafide residence certificate from the employer are submitted along with application form for appearing in PTET. The District so chosen once will not be changed under any circumstance. False statement of facts noticed at any stage will automatically result in cancellation of appearance in the test and admission to the course if already made. c) Out of total number of applications who are eligible, selection will be first made 3 against the reserved quota in proportion to the seats available in each faculty and if there are vacant seats the same will be transferred to the general category and shall be filled in from the merit list. d) Each candidate in order of prefer once will give five choices for Teacher Education Institution (TEI) of Rajasthan where his/her teaching subjects are available will be given by each candidate in order of preference. While alloting TEI the merit/choice of a candidate besides reservation, availability of seats subjects etc. will be taken into consideration. If the candidate is not able to get Training College of his/her choice he/she may be placed in any TEI of the state provided he/she stands in merit of selection. Important: A candidate of any district/state may be admitted in a Teacher Education Institution in any district of the state. Admission to a Teacher Education Institution in a particular district cannot be claimed by any candidate on the basis of belonging to that district. Therefore, no confusion be borne by any person on this score. A widow or a divorced lady appointed as a teacher by the Government in relaxation of Rajasthan Subordinate Education Service Rules 1971 with the condition to pass B.Ed. within stipulated time be admitted to the B.Ed. course by waiving the following conditions by the V.C. on merits of each individual case. a) Passing of PTET examination. b) Be required 40% marks in the qualifying examination and c) The requirement of having studied two subjects for two years and taking a university examination in two subjects in each year. ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE B.Ed. Examination O.320 &321: The objectives of the B.Ed. courses are: The objectives of this programme are to prepare teachers for Secondary Level (Classes IX-X). Pre-service teacher education programme is to enable the prospective teachers to –  Understand nature of education and pedagogic processes through enriched experiences.  Contribute to fill up the gap between theory and practice by dovetailing both appropriately.  Interactive processes wherein group reflection, critical thinking and Meaning making will be encouraged.  Understand various educational issues in the context of diverse socio- cultural & Multilingual Indian Society.  Enable them to face the challenging of social, political and technological issues. 4  Understand the nature, purpose, influencing factors and problems of secondary education in contemporary issues.  Describe teaching learning process in the classroom and various factors that influence it.  Understand various level learners, their needs, and interest and peculiar problems and motivate them for learning.  Plan and organize classroom through learners‘ centred techniques of instruction for inclusive education & effective whole classroom instruction.  Conduct Pedagogical content analysis in subject areas and use it for facilitating learning in the classroom.  Effective use and utilization of Information Communication Technology resources, on-line as well as off line for day-to-day classroom teaching, remedial instruction and for providing challenging learning to the precious.  Develop and select tests, evaluate and keep records of student‘s progress – cognitive as well as non-cognitive.  Adopt and develop enrichment learning & instructional material in subject areas.  To develop problem solving ability through action research.  Foster skills and attitude for involving the community as an educational partner and use society resources in education.  Become self-regulated learners; develop professional commitment and work as responsible professionals.  To make them confort with content and pedagogical effective use and utilization of ICT.  To enable to critical analyse the various evaluation tools to serve CCE.  Reflective teacher practice and interface with societal resources.  Become aware about human values and gender, school and society. Course Design: The syllabus of this course comprises of the following – (a) Perspectives in Education – Course 1. Course -1 Childhood and Growing Up Learner. 2. Course -2 Education in Contemporary India. 3. Course -3 Learning and Teaching. 4. Course -4. Assessment for Learning 5. Coures- 5. Knowledge and Curriculum 6. Course-6. Gender issues in Education 7. Course –7 Understanding a discipline 8. Course -8 Pedagogy courses (Part I) 5 9. Course 9 Pedagogy courses (Part I) 10. Course 10 Pedagogy courses (Part II) 11. Course 11 Pedagogy courses (Part II) 12. Course- 12.Schooling, Socialization and Identity 13. Course -13 Creating an Inclusive School (b) Curriculum and Pedagogic Studies – 14. Course -14 Optional courses (Any one) b) Teaching Subjects (Pedagogy courses) O.322 (i)Teaching subjects mean subjects offered by the candidate at his bachelor or Master‘s Degree examination either as a compulsory subject or as an optional subject or as a subsidiary subject provided that candidate studied it for at least two years and also took University Examination each year but shall not include such subjects as were studied by him/her only for a part of Bachelor‘s Degree course. Thus, the qualifying subjects like General English, General Hindi, General Education, History of Indian Civilisation and Culture, Elementary Mathematics, etc. prescribed for the first year T.D.C. Course of the University or a subject dropped by the candidate at part I stage of the degree course shall not be treated as teaching subject. (ii)Only such candidates shall be allowed to offer Social Studies for the B.Ed. Examination as have taken their Bachelor‘s Degree with any two subjects of History, Political Science, Public Administration, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Psychology and Philosophy. (iii)A person having Bachelor‘s Degree in Agriculture will be allowed to offer General Science and Biology for the B.Ed. Examination, General Science may be allowed to be offered by a candidate possessing the degree of B.Ed. (Home Science) or passing the B.Sc. examination with (i) Chemistry and (ii) Any one subject of life sciences, i.e. Biology or Botany or Zoology. (iv)A candidate who has offered Political Science or Public Administration at his Bachelor‘s or Master‘s degree Examination shall be deemed eligible to offer Civics as a teaching subject in the B.Ed. Examination. (v) Bachelor in Engineering or Technology with specialization in Science and Mathematics with 55% Marks or any other Qualification equivalent there to, are eligible to offer Science and Mathematics as teaching subject. 6 Course 8 & 9 – (a & b) Pedagogy Courses a) Hindi k) Business Organization b) Sanskrit l) Mathematics c) English m) Home Science d) U r d u n) General Science e) Social Science o) Chemistry p) Biology f) Civics q) Physics g) History h) Economics r) Drawing and Painting i) Geography s) Music j) Accountancy Course 10 and 11 -(a & b) Pedagogy Courses a) Hindi k) Business Organization b) Sanskrit l) Mathematics c) English m) Home Science d) U r d u n) General Science e) Social Science o) Chemistry f) Civics p) Biology g) History q) Physics h) Economics r) Drawing and Painting i) Geography s) Music j) Accountancy c) Optional Courses Optional courses will be offered in areas such as given below or an additional pedagogy course (In another subject at the secondary level or the same subject at the secondary/senior secondary level):-   Open & Distance Learning  Guidance & Counselling  Physical Education and Yoga for Holistic Health  Value Education  Environmental Education d). Engagement with the Field – the Self, the Child, Community and School Task and assessment that run through all the courses as indicated in the year wise distribution of the syllabus. School Internship Course on Enhancing Professional Capacities (EPC) First year Course EPC1: Reading & Reflecting on Second Year Texts. Course EPC3: Understanding the Self. Course EPC2: Drama & Art in Course EPC4: Critical Understanding of Education ICT O.323 : No candidate shall be allowed to appear at the B.Ed. Examination unless he/she has attended 75% of the periods devoted to Physical Training Games and Sports/Dance 7 and Guiding Scouting or similar other activities. It will be responsibility of the Principal of the TTI to ensure the compliance of the ordinance. TEACHING SCHEME & CONTACT HOURS B.Ed.-I Year Instructional time in Ex In Duration Courses Nomenclature of the Course wPeeperk e riodYsPe earr * ternal ternal Total of( HErxsa.)m Course 1 Childhood and Growing up Learner 6 168 80 20 100 3 Course 2 Education in Contemporary India 6 168 80 20 100 3 Course 3 Learning and Teaching 6 168 80 20 100 3 Course 6 Gender Issues in Education 6 168 80 20 100 3 Course 7 Understanding a Discipline 6 168 80 20 100 3 Course 8 and 9 (any two of the following: A candidate has to opt for two pedagogy courses one from pedagogy course 8 and the other from pedagogy course 9 excluding that opted in pedagogy course 8) Pedagogy of school subject Part-I Hindi, Sanskrit, English, Urdu, Social Science, Civics, History, Economics, Geography, Pedagogy Accountancy, Business Organization, 6 168 80 20 100 3 Course 8 Mathematics, Home Science, General Science, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Drawing and Painting, Music Pedagogy of school subject Part-I Hindi, Sanskrit, English, Urdu, Social Science , Civics, History, Economics, Geography, Pedagogy Accountancy, Business Organization, 6 168 80 20 100 3 Course 9 Mathematics, Home Science, General Science, Chemistry Biology, Physics, Drawing and Painting, Music Drama and Art in Education EPC**-1 2 84 30 20 50 2 EPC-2 Reading and Reflection on Texts 2 84 30 20 50 2 School Pre- Internship & Criticism (4 weeks) Pre-Internship Activities- (1) One Week School Observation 10 (2) School Internship (Three weeks) For 20+ Pedagogy Part – I & Pedagogy Part – II (10 20= lessons in each subject) 40 (3) Criticism Lesson 5+5 100 (4) Action Research/Survey/Case study 5 (Any one) Other Activities - (1) Co-curricular Activities 10 (2) Open Air Session Two Days 10 (3) Student-teacher’s Multi-dimensional 15 Appraisal Total 46 1344 620 280 900 * Instructional period 28 weeks per year and Pre-internship for 4 weeks. ** Enhancing Professional Competencies (EPC)- 1. In first year, School internship will be of four weeks. Out of which, initial six days will be for general observation of the ongoing school activities and classroom teaching of the student- teachers. 2. There will be two criticism lessons (one in each pedagogy subject) for the progressive assessment of the student-teacher.. 8 3. To understand the local resources, people & community, VEC/SMC/PTA/MTA meetings, an open air session of two days‘ will be conducted. 4. Co-curricular & Extra-curricular activities must be spread all through the year which should also include special days‘ celebration. 5. Individual appraisal of the student-teachers will be done by the supervisor through a portfolio on some set criteria about their year-long activities, individual attributes & personal qualities like discipline, honesty, dedication, commitment, etc. O. 324 : Rules: Examinations and Results First Year 1. For the degree of B.Ed. (two year course) the University will conduct examination at the end of every year. The examination shall be in two parts, Part I comprising theory examination and part II will comprise internship activities in accordance with the scheme of examination laid down from time to time. 2. There will be 9 papers in first year. The University will conduct the examinations for 7 papers of three hours‘ duration and two hours' for paper EPC-I and II. 3. Internship activities for one week in first year will include co-curricular activities, two-days open air sessions and student-teachers multi-dimensional appraisal followed by three weeks for teaching of the pedagogy subjects including one week observation, two criticism lessons and any one activity out of (i) Action Research (ii) Survey and (iii) Case Study. All the above said activities will be compulsory for students. Failing to attend /perform anyone of the above-said activities shall result into a failure in first year. 4. It is mandatory for any student to attain 90% attendance in internship programme, failing which they will be declared fail in first year. 5. Candidates will have to obtain 40% marks in theory & practicum separately. For a pass, a candidate will have to obtain minimum 40 marks in the courses/papers carrying 100 marks and minimum 20 marks in the courses/papers of 50 marks respectively. 6. There shall be one summative test of 10 marks & candidates will conduct practicum/field work and submit report of two activities in each course/paper carrying 5 marks for each activity. Out of 20 internal marks a candidate will have to get a minimum of 8 marks for a pass. If a candidate fails in two or less than two subjects, s/he will be promoted to II year but it will be compulsory for her/him to reappear in the internal activities & External Examination of the same course/paper next year. 7. A Candidate failing in more than two external papers will be declared fail and has to undertake entire examination in the subsequent year. However, her/his internal marks can be carry-forwarded. 8. Candidates failing in two or less than two papers of internal will be allowed a promotion in second year, provided that they reappear in them at later stages. 9 However, any candidate can get this benefit of promotion in a maximum of two papers internals & externals combined together. TEACHING SCHEME & CONTACT HOURS B.Ed.-II Year Courses Nomenclature of the Course IiPnne srpt reuricotidoPsn e ar l time E xternal I nternal Total DoEnxu aramtoi f wee (Hrs.) year* k Course 4 Assessment for Learning 8 128 80 20 100 3 Course 5 Knowledge and Curriculum 8 128 80 20 100 3 Course 10 & 11 (any two of the following : same as pedagogy courses 8&9) Pedagogy of school subject Part-II Hindi, Sanskrit, English, Urdu, Social Science, Civics, Pedagogy History, Economics, Geography, Accountancy, Business 4 64 30 20 50 2 Course 10 Organization, Mathematics, Home Science, General Science, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Drawing and Painting, Music Pedagogy of school subject Part-II Hindi, Sanskrit, English, Urdu, Social Science , Civics, Pedagogy History, Economics, Geography, Accountancy, Business 4 64 30 20 50 2 Course 11 Organization, Mathematics, Home Science, General Science, Chemistry Biology, Physics, Drawing and Painting, Music Course 12 Schooling, Socialization and Identity 8 128 80 20 100 3 Course 13 Creating an Inclusive School 8 128 80 20 100 3 Optional Courses (any one of the following) a) Open and Distance Learning b) Guidance and Counselling Course 14 4 64 30 20 50 2 c) Physical Education and Yoga for Holistic Health d) Value Education e) Environmental Studies EPC-3 Critical understanding of ICT 2 32 30 20 50 2 EPC-4 Understanding the self 2 32 30 20 50 2 School internship (16 weeks) Pedagogy Part – I & 60 Pedagogy Part – II (70 lessons) Internship 1.A Project Report on the various aspects of school where 40 internship was performed 2.ICT Based lessons (At least 5in each subject) 10 10 250 3. Co-curricular Activities(in School) Other Activities 10 (15+01) 1..Co-curricular Activities (in College) =16 20 2.Individual Appraisal 100 W eeks 3.Final lesson Total 48 1344 570 330 900 Grand Total of B.Ed. Ist and IInd year 900+900 1800 * Instructional period 16 weeks per year and internship for 16 weeks. 1. In second year, the total internship programme will be spread in duration of 16 weeks. This rigorous internship in surrounding schools will enable the student- teacher to perform better as a teacher. Not more then 15 students should be allowed to deliver lessons in a school. 10