Admission B.ED

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (B.Ed)

Total intake is 50

The duration of B.Ed. programme shall be 2 year ( 4 semesters)

The institution offers B.Ed Programme in the following  optional subjects 

         English
         Mathematics
         Natural Science
         Physical Science
         Social Science.

The State Government of Kerala does the seat allotment of the candidates through a Statewide Merit List prepared by LBS Centre for Science and Technology.  Management Quota (15%) is handled by the Institution.  The Management Quota takes care of the   admission of economically weaker and disadvantaged sections of the Society. 
Categorization of seats:
Seats available in B. Ed. colleges are mainly classified as Merit Seats and Management seats.

(a) Merit Seats: The seats that are to be filled by the State in Government/Aided/Self Financing colleges are classified as ‘Merit Seats’.

(b) Management seats: The seats that are to be filled by the concerned Managements are classified as ‘Management seats’.

In Aided Training Colleges, the existing pattern given below will be followed:

SL. No.

Seat Reservation

Forward Community College

Backward Community College

I

* Open Quota

55 percent

45 percent

II

Scheduled Caste

15 percent

15 percent

III

Scheduled Tribe

05 percent

05 percent

IV

**Community Quota

10 percent

20 percent

V

The remaining seats (15%) after filling item (I) to (IV) will be filled by the Educational agency, (ie. Managements Seats) by the candidates of its own choice. 

Applicants claiming Reservation under community quota in aided colleges who belong to the community of the Management which run the college, will have to produce community certificate from the concerned Revenue authority .
Academic [General] :

(i) Candidates should have passed the B.A./B.Sc. Degree examination under the 10+2+3 pattern with one main subject and two subsidiary subjects from any of the Universities in Kerala or of any other University recognized by any of the Universities in Kerala as equivalent thereto for admission, subject to the stipulation regarding marks. 

(ii) Candidates who have passed their qualifying examination from Universities outside Kerala should submit Eligibility/Equivalency Certificate stating that their qualifying examination is recognized by those Universities, for seeking admission to B.Ed. Degree course in a particular optional subject in a stream as applicable, along with their application.

(iii) Double or Triple main candidates or candidates who passed the Degree Examination in Vocational or Specialized Courses are also eligible for admission. However, they have to submit copy of the Equivalency /Eligibility certificate from the concerned Universities in Kerala, stating that, their Qualifying examination is recognized by the Universities for seeking admission to B. Ed. Degree Course in a particular optional subject/in a stream as applicable, along with their application. 

(iv)The minimum requirement of marks for admission to B. Ed. Courses is 50% (No rounding off of the percentage of marks to the nearest whole number is permitted) in Bachelor’s Degree Science/Arts Subjects] for Part III or 50% Marks in M.A/MSc/M.Com. 

Note 1: ‘Concerned Universities’ means the University or Universities in Kerala to which the

College(s) where he or she wishes to register his or her options is/are affiliated to.

Relaxation in Marks :
(a) Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe [SC/ST] communities with pass, for Graduation and Post graduation, in the respective optional subjects, are eligible for admission.

(b) Candidates belonging to Socially and Educationally Backward communities [SEBC] will be given 5% concession in marks.

(c) Candidates belonging to Other Eligible Communities [OEC] will be given 5% concession in marks.

(d) Blind Candidates will be given 5% concession in marks.

(e) Candidates should be physically fit and mentally sound. Deaf/ Dumb candidates are not eligible. However, blind candidates will be eligible for admission to Course other than science optionals.

Age: There is no upper age limit for admission to B. Ed. Courses.

Choice of optional subjects :
          The optional subject for the B. Ed. course should be the same as the one, which the student has selected as main subject for graduation, or the main subject for graduation conventionally recognized to be coming under the optional chosen. In case, the main subject is different from or conventionally considered as not coming under the optional opted for admission, a copy of the Certificate from any of the Universities in Kerala, stating that such degree is eligible for admission to that optional for B. Ed. course, should be furnished along with the application.

Eligibility for different Optional subjects:
Candidates seeking admission to the B. Ed. Course in a subject/stream will have to satisfy the academic eligibility applicable to the subject/stream.

 (a) English: B.A. Degree with English language and Literature/ Functional English/B.A. Communicative English with 50% mark in Part III or 50% Marks in M.A English language and Literature/ Functional English/ Communicative English or B.A. /B.Sc. with 50% of marks for Part I English and not less than 50% marks for Master’s Degree in  English Language and Literature.

 (b) Mathematics: B.Sc. Degree with Mathematics/Statistics/Applied Statistics as main, with 50% marks in Part III or 50% marks in M.Sc. Mathematics/Statistics/Applied Statistics. Candidates with Statistics/Applied Statistics should have studied Mathematics as one of the subjects.

(c) Physical Sciences: B.Sc. Degree with Physics/Chemistry/Polymer Chemistry/Geology/Petrochemicals/Bio chemistry/Industrial Chemistry main with 50% marks in Part III or 50% marks in M.Sc. Physics/Chemistry/Polymer

Chemistry/Geology/Petrochemicals/Bio chemistry/Industrial Chemistry. 

(d) Natural Sciences: B.Sc. Degree with Botany/Zoology/Biochemistry/B.Sc. Plant Science/Home Science with Zoology or Botany as subsidiary/Aquaculture (with Biochemistry and Zoology as Subsidiaries)/ Biotechnology/Microbiology with 50% marks in Part III or 50% marks in M.Sc. Botany/Zoology/Biochemistry/ Plant Science/Home Science. They should have studied Zoology/Botany/Bio-Chemistry as one of the subjects in Degree level.

(e) Social Science: B. A. Degree with History/ Arabic and Islamic History/ Geography/ Politics/ Economics/ Sociology/ Psychology/ Philosophy/ West Asian Studies with 50% mark in Part III or 50% marks in M.A. History/ Arabic and Islamic History/ Geography/ Politics/ Economics/ Sociology/ Psychology/ Philosophy/ West Asian Studies.