IGNOU conducts entrance test for admission to B.Ed course in August every year.The minimum duration of the programme is two years. However, the maximum period allowed for completion of the programme will be four years. A student has to complete his/her programme within 4 years only since there is no provision for re-admission in this programme.
The Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Programme of IGNOU aims at developing the understanding and competencies required by practising teachers for effective teaching-learning process at the secondary stage. The programme also provides opportunities of sharing experiences gained by practising teachers. It enables in-service teachers to select and organise learning experiences according to the requirement of learners. In addition, it provides knowledge and develops in them an understanding of areas such as educational evaluation, school management, etc.
In-service teachers with i) A bachelor degree or a higher degree from any recognised university.
ii) Two years’ full time teaching experience on temporary/permanent basis as Primary/ Graduate/Post Graduate teacher in a primary, secondary/higher/senior secondary school recognised by the central or a state government or a union territory. The teacher should be in service at the time of submitting application form as well as at the time of producing the original documents at the Regional Centre. The experience certificate should beissued by the Principal or Headmaster/Headmistress. The requisite teaching experience of two years must be completed on or before the last date of submission of application as notified in the advertisement. An attested photocopy of the Recognition and Affiliation Certificate issued to the school by the Central or a State Government or Union Territory must be enclosed alongwith other documents at the time of admission.
The candidate should submit their application form at the concerned Regional Centre under whose jurisdiction the school where he/she is working falls. If any student changes his/her school after qualifying the entrance test and where new school falls under the jurisdiction of another Regional Centre, the admission to the programme will stand cancelled from both the Regional Centres.
The test paper will consist of two parts A & B. The total number of test items will be 100 of one mark each. Maximum Marks allotted to the test is 100. The composite time for the complete test is Two Hours.
Part -A
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Question |
Marks |
Section I - General English Comprehension |
10 |
10 |
Section II Logical & Analytical Reasoning |
20 |
20 |
Section III Educational & General Awareness |
25 |
25 |
Section IV Teaching-Learning & the School |
25 |
25 |
Part - B |
Section V Subject Competence (any one)
i) Science
ii) Mathematics
iii) Social Studies
iv) English
v) Hindi
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20 |
20 |
1. Any one subject is to be attempted from Part-B. 2. The test items of Part-B i.e. Subject Competence will be based in the curriculum of IX/X classes prescribed by the NCERT/CBSE.
All the above test items will be given in a composite test booklet, which will be printed in English and in Hindi. You may attempt the test in any order you like. Since the questions in the test Booklet are objective type, answers are not required to be written in words or sentences. For each question, there are four answer choices suggested and only one of them is right. You have to select in right answer from amongst the given answer. In case you find that non of the four alternatives is correct, you have to mark ‘0’.
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