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| Friday, July 06, 2007
Varsity to offer B.Ed. in Tamil medium soon
Expected to be a boon for primary and secondary teachers
- Akin to the English medium course, there will be 500 seats for the Tamil medium programme
Tiruchi: The Centre for Distance Education (CDE), Bharathidasan
University, is likely to introduce B.Ed. under Tamil medium
from the current academic year.
The university has replied to certain queries made by the National
Council for Teacher Education and the approval is expected soon.
The programme could be started within a few months, according
to Baskaran, CDE Director.
Akin to the B.Ed. programme through English medium introduced
last year, there would be 500 seats for the Tamil medium programme.
While the English medium programme was meant to facilitate untrained
teachers in matriculation and other self-financing schools to
acquire a professional degree, the Tamil medium programme on
the anvil is expected to be a boon for primary and secondary
teachers in Government schools.
These teachers would have entered into services with Plus-Two
qualification and a Diploma in Teacher Training, and would have
completed graduation and post-graduation through correspondence.
By virtue of completing the B.Ed. degree through the correspondence
programme, they could gain eligibility for teaching in higher
standards and go up the career ladder.
At TNOU too
At present, only the Tamil Nadu Open University offers the B.Ed.
programme in Tamil medium. The Bharathidasan University is poised
to be the first territorial varsity to offer B.Ed. in Tamil
Medium. It was the first among the territorial varsities to
offer B.Ed. in English Medium. The programme received an overwhelming
patronage from teachers in matriculation schools.
NCTE expectation
The NCTE expects any university offering B.Ed. through correspondence
to have a certain number of regular teachers on rolls.
However, for correspondence programmes, it is usual for the
universities to utilise the services of teachers of the B.Ed.
regular colleges, which function as centres for distance education.
Nevertheless, the CDE is looking forward to appointing teachers
such that even M. Ed. could be offered through correspondence,
said Mr. Baskaran.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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