Eligibility Criteria

General Category - 50% marks in graduation / Post Graduation.

SC / ST / BC Category - 45% marks in graduation / Post Graduation.

(a) A person who possesses the following qualifications shall be eligible to join the course:

• Candidates with at least 50% Marks either in Bachelor’s degree and/or in the Master’s degree in Science/Social Sciences/ Humanities/Commerce/Home Science/B.B.A/B.C.A,/Engineering/ Technology or any other qualification equivalent thereto, are eligible for admission to the B.Ed. programme. However, while calculating merit, marks obtained in Graduation only will be considered.

• Candidates should have passed Graduation/Post-Graduation in a relevant school subjects.

• A candidate getting admission on the basis of Post graduate degree shall have to opt for one of teaching subjects pursued by him/her at Master degree.

NOTE:

A) Any candidate with less than 50% or less marks would not be eligible.

B) Any candidate who has passed Graduation without a relevant school subject would not be considerd.

C) There shall be a relaxation of 5% marks in favour of SC/ST/PwD candidates. Candidate with less than 45% marks belonging to these categories shall not be eligible. PwD candidates shall be eligible for relaxation provided that they produce a medical certificate that they have at least 40% physical disability.

• The reservation in seats and relaxation in the qualifying marks in favour of the reserved categories shall be as per rules of the Govt. of Punjab.

• Provided that such minimum qualifying marks shall not automatically entitle a candidate to get admission in an institution but only entitle the candidate concerned to fulfill other institutional criteria notified by the institution concerned or by the Government concerned from time to time to apply for 6 admission. Online admission will be offered to only those candidates who will qualify the Criteria for admission and provide the options for colleges along with subject combination.

(B) Candidate must have studied the major subject of the pedagogy combination for at least two years at graduation level/Master’s level. The minor subject should have been studied for at least for one year/one semester. Honors students shall opt for major subject in which they have obtained Honors.

• Admission to B.Ed. course is subject based. At the time of admission, each candidate shall opt for two teaching/pedagogical subjects, which has been studied at graduation/post-graduation level. The candidate must have studied the major subject of the pedagogy combination for at least 2 years at graduation level or two years at Master’s level. The minor subject should have been studied for at least for one year/one semester.

• The candidates who have passed additional subjects at graduation level can opt for only those teaching subject, marks of which are taken into account for the purpose of calculating percentage of marks at graduation level.

• B.Com./B.B.A./M.Com. graduates /postgraduates may opt for two teaching subjects- one is pedagogy of commerce and the other shall be pedagogy of economics/mathematics/anyone language i.e. pedagogy of English/Hindi/Punjabi/Sanskrit.( B.Com/B.B.A. graduates shall be considered in commerce stream only, even they have passed additional arts subjects unless they have passed Masters in Arts)

• B.C.A. graduates may opt for pedagogy of computer science as one subject. The other subject shall be pedagogy of mathematics or any one language (English/Punjabi/Hindi/Sanskrit)

• B.E./B.Tech. graduates shall opt for any two subject combination out of Pedagogy of Mathematics, Computer Science, Science , Languages. • B.Sc.(Home Science) graduates shall opt for two pedagogy subjects. One is pedagogy of Home Science, other may be subject studied at graduate level i.e. Science or any one language ( English/Hindi/Punjabi/Sanskrit).

• B.Sc (Medical) graduates shall opt for two teaching subjects out of the following: (a) Pedagogy of Science/ Life Science; (b) Pedagogy of Physical Science; (c) Pedagogy of any one language i.e. English/Hindi/Punjabi/Sanskrit.

• B.Sc (Non-Medical) graduates shall opt for two teaching subjects out of the following: (a) Pedagogy of Science/Physical Science; (b) Pedagogy of Mathematics/Computer Science; (c) Pedagogy of any one language i.e. English/Hindi/Punjabi/Sanskrit.

• Graduates with Fine Arts/Music/Computer Science/Home Science/Physical Education/Mathematics/Statistics/Quantitative techniques shall opt for any of these subjects with the other subject combinations available in the college.

• Teaching of Fine Arts shall be offered to a candidate who had taken up Fine Arts/Performing Arts/Fashion Design/Fashion Technology or B.A. with Diploma in Drawing and Painting or Arts and Craft Teacher’s course from a recognized institution.

• Arts Graduates may opt for any two pedagogical subjects one each from the following (a) and (b):

(a) Pedagogy of Social Studies/Economics/History/Geography/Political Science/Sociology/Public administration/Fine Arts/Physical Education/ Music/Home Science. (b) Pedagogy of any one language i.e. English, Punjabi, Hindi, Sanskrit provided that the candidate has studied the subject at the graduation/post graduation level.

• B.A.LL.B. /B.Com. LL.B Graduates shall opt for two teaching subjects which they have studied during the course, major for at least two years and minor for at least one year/ one semester.

• Teaching of Social Studies shall be opted by the graduates who have taken up any two of the following subjects at B.A./M.A. level: - (i) History (ii) Geography (iii) Political Science (iv) Sociology (v) Economics (vi) Public Administration (vii) Philosophy (viii) Psychology (ix) Education (x) Defense Studies (xi) Religious Studies (xii) Social Work (xiii) Community Education.