| Monday, June 30, 2008
MKU to re-launch B. Ed. in distance education mode
Pursuing B. Ed. degree course under the distance education stream
of Madurai Kamaraj University will soon become a possibility
as steps have been initiated in this regard.
The university has just obtained a No-Objection Certificate
(NOC) from the Distance Education Council, New Delhi, for offering
a two-year B. Ed. programme in English medium.
“We were earlier offering this course through the Directorate
of Distance Education but it had to be stopped due to certain
regulations. Now, it will be revived,” said vice-chancellor
R. Karpaga Kumaravel.
According to him, the university will soon be approaching the
National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), which has recently
been given statutory powers, for further clearance to launch
the B. Ed. course. In order to have full-time teaching faculty,
four lecturers are being appointed exclusively for the course.
Dr. Karpaga Kumaravel said an expert team from NCTE would be
visiting the university for an on-the-spot assessment after
which it would give its nod for offering the course.
According to S. Vadivelu, Director of Distance Education, the
university will admit 500 students for B. Ed. course and they
will be attached to regular colleges of education that are affiliated
to the university. The university stopped offering B. Ed. in
1996.
To start with, the MKU is tying up with the Indira Gandhi National
Open University for using its study material and in due course
an updated syllabus/study material will be made ready.
Alongwith the announcements about the proposed the B. Ed. degree
course at the Academic Council and Senate meetings held on June
25 and 26 respectively, the vice-chancellor also outlined other
proposals for the university.
Digitising distance education study material for uploading them
to a Digital Learning Repository to be started in the university
has been planned for the first phase. According to Dr. Karpaga
Kumaravel, dynamic concepts like Do-It-Yourself, Personal Learning
Environment and Mobile Learning will be experimented on a pilot
basis.
Courtesy: The Hindu - Education Plus
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