RE-7 REGULATIONS ON THREE YEAR B.ED (PART TIME) PROGRAMME [Approved by the Executive Council in its 26th meeting held on 21.11.2016 vide resolution No. EC26.5.1] (Under Ordinance OD-1)
1. Subject to the provisions of the relevant Act, Statutes and Ordinances, in exercise of the power conferred upon it by Section 30 of the Sikkim University Act, 2006 (10 of 2007), Bachelor of Education (Part Time) course under Sikkim University will be run according to the following Regulation.
2. These regulations shall be called the Regulations on Bachelor of Education (Part Time).
3. These regulations will come into effect from the Odd Semester 2017.
4. The B.Ed. (Part Time) programme is a three years programme and the course may be completed within a maximum of five years from the date of admission to the programme.
5. Bachelor of Education (Part time) programme is a professional programme intending to prepare teachers for various levels of schooling namely, upper primary or middle level (Classes VI-VIII), secondary level (Classes IX – X) and senior secondary level (Classes XI- XII). This programme shall provide opportunities to persons employed in secondary schools teaching classes VI-XII to acquire professional qualification.
6. Candidates with following qualification shall apply for admission to B.Ed. (Part Time);
a) She/he must be teaching in upper primary, middle, Secondary or Senior Secondary schools as full time teacher at least for two years at the time of tendering application and will be in service for the entire programme period. A certificate to this effect from the Head of the school where he/she is employed is required to be submitted at the time of admission.
b) She/he must have 50% marks in Bachelor Degree / or Post Graduate degree in Sciences/Humanities/Social Sciences or 50 % in BE or B.Tech with background / specialization in Science and Mathematics or equivalent qualification.
c) SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates shall avail relaxation and reservation as per the norms laid down by the Govt. of India/ State Govt.
d) Admission shall be strictly on merit based on marks obtained at the qualifying examination or in the entrance test as decided by the Affiliating University from time to time.
7. There is no age bar for the programme.
8. The admission for the programme shall begin in the month of June and the session shall commence from July every year. The college shall make necessary arrangement for smooth admission.
9. There shall be a basic unit of 50 students but two units may be allowed subject to availability of instructional and infrastructural facilities in conformity with the NCTE Regulations 2014.
10. The classes shall be conducted during vacations and on holidays. Each class shall be of one hour duration with six hours of teaching a day. The total hours to be devoted in six days a week would be at least 42 hours.
11. There shall be a face to face teaching for at least 120 days each in the 1st year, 2nd year and 3rd year of the programme and supervised School Internship for a period of 12 weeks (60 days) to be divided equally over a period of three years (4 weeks / 20 days in each year) in the school where the trainee teachers are working.
Sl. No. Activities No of days / weeks 1 Face to face teaching ( @ 120 days a year) 120 x 3 = 360 days 2 Supervised School Internship (@20 days a year) 20 x 3 = 60 days 3 Practicum (@ 50 days a year) 50 x 3 = 150 days
12. The college shall prepare a calendar of all activities, including school internship of four weeks / 20 days each year (12 weeks / 60 days in three years).
13. The college shall also make arrangement for supervision of school based activities of the trainees in respective schools in which the trainees are employed.
14. The minimum attendance for students shall be 80 per cent for all courses and 90 percent for school internship. The college imparting the course shall maintain record of students’ attendance and make it available to the COE’s office for ascertaining eligibility for appearing in the relevant examination.
15. Examination shall be conducted at the end of the academic year, i.e. after the completion of one whole year usually in the month of June.
16. The total weightage of the course will be 1200 marks (Equivalent Credits) to be divided equally over a period of three years, i.e. 400 marks each year with a division of internal and external evaluation in the ratio of 30:70.
17. The medium of teaching shall be English and all answer scripts shall be written in English only.
18. University Regulations on Conduct of Examinations, as amended from time to time, which is applicable to B.Ed course (Regular) shall be applicable to B.Ed (Part time) programme for the purpose of assessment, evaluation and award of degree are concerned.
19. This regulation is subject to change in accordance with the directives of NCTE as adopted and notified by Sikkim University from time to time.
20. The Vice-Chancellor of the University shall have the power to remove difficulties by issuing directions consistent with the Act/Statues/Ordinances of Sikkim University.