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.

Last date to submit filled-in application form to the concerned Regional Centre 15th July, 2009

Date of Entrance Test - 16.8.2009

Price : Rs. 500/- at counter and Rs. 550/- by post (Including Registration Fee)

Duration : The minimum duration of the programme is two years. However, the maximum period allowed for completion of the programme will be four years.

Medium of Instruction : English and Hindi

Eligibility : 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 be issued 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 along with 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.

Admission :
Admission will be done Regional Centre-wise on the basis of the score obtained in the entrance test conducted by IGNOU all over India. The candidate will be required to submit only the filled-in application form without enclosures. The enclosures (documents) mentioned in the instructions for filling-in the application form are to be submitted later after receiving the offer letter for admission to B.Ed. from the Regional Centre after the entrance test. The change of programme centre outside the Region is not permissible.

Entrance Test :
The Entrance Test will be held on 16th August 2009. For appearing in the Entrance Test, a candidate has to fill up the Application Form for B.Ed. Entrance Test which is enclosed with this Student’s Handbook and Prospectus 2010. No other document is required to be submitted alongwith this form. Hall tickets will be provided to the candidates before 10 days of the Entrance Test.

In case of non-receipt of Hall Tickets 3 days before the date of Entrance Test, candidates can download Hall Ticket from IGNOU website: www.ignou.ac.in. and report to the Examination Centre for appearing in the Entrance Test. Mere allowing candidates to take Entrance Test would not amount to acceptance of their eligibility for admission to B.Ed. The final admission to the programme shall be subject to their rank in the merit list in the Entrance Test and production of proof of their eligibility alongwith original certificates and programme fee. The number of seats of each PSC is limited to 100 only. The university reserves the right to conduct the examination at different centres/change the examination centre of the candidates without assigning any reason thereof.

Programme Fee :
Rs. 17,400/- for the entire programme in Lump sum in the first year only. Candidates seeking admission to the B.Ed. programme are advised not to pay the fee along with the filled-in application form. They will get a separate communication about their admission and payment of fee. The programme fee should be paid only by way of Demand Draft drawn in favour of IGNOU payable at the city where your Regional Centre is situated. Please write in capital letters your name and the programme to which admission is sought, i.e., B.Ed., on the back of the Demand Draft to ensure proper credit of your fee to the relevant account.