As many as 9,405 Bachelor of Education (BEd) seats will lie vacant across the state this year, much in line with the trend for the past few years. The maximum number of vacant seats — around 4,473 — will be in the 114 BEd colleges in Nagpur, but the colleges under University of Pune will also see around 1,100 vacant seats — an increase of 176 seats from last year. Besides, around 770 seats will be vacant in the MEd colleges.
About 10,500 BEd seats were vacant across the state in 2010, of which 1,308 were in Pune. The figures were 3,500 and 3,000 in 2009 and 2008.
While officials at the Directorate of Higher Education attribute this to the new colleges, principals feel there should be more English medium colleges. The government admission procedure is followed in 381 of the total 588 BEd colleges in the state while the admission to the other colleges is done on basis of a common entrance test conducted by their association, the results of which are yet to be published. Senior official and course coordinator Dr Sharad Nikalje said there is a demand for BEd. “This year, as many as 53,958 candidates appeared for the exam. The reason why so many seats are lying vacant is the huge increase in number of BEd colleges. Students prefer not to take admissions because they are not getting admission to colleges of their preference.”
Bhushan Patil, principal, HGM Azam College of Education, said the National Council for Teacher Education authorises new colleges. “There is a spurt in BEd colleges across the state in the past few years. Many of these are owned by politicians, who do not face any problem in starting them. Besides, due to more private colleges coming up in almost every area, students prefer to join a college near their residence.” Nadini Patil, principal, Tilak College of Education, said more English medium colleges were the need of the hour. “Over the years, we have seen that the demand for English medium colleges are increasing; there are only a few colleges offering the course in English. That is another reason for students to opt out of the course.”
There are 351 Marathi medium BEd colleges in the state as against 38 English medium colleges.
About 10,500 BEd seats were vacant across the state in 2010, of which 1,308 were in Pune. The figures were 3,500 and 3,000 in 2009 and 2008.
While officials at the Directorate of Higher Education attribute this to the new colleges, principals feel there should be more English medium colleges. The government admission procedure is followed in 381 of the total 588 BEd colleges in the state while the admission to the other colleges is done on basis of a common entrance test conducted by their association, the results of which are yet to be published. Senior official and course coordinator Dr Sharad Nikalje said there is a demand for BEd. “This year, as many as 53,958 candidates appeared for the exam. The reason why so many seats are lying vacant is the huge increase in number of BEd colleges. Students prefer not to take admissions because they are not getting admission to colleges of their preference.”
Bhushan Patil, principal, HGM Azam College of Education, said the National Council for Teacher Education authorises new colleges. “There is a spurt in BEd colleges across the state in the past few years. Many of these are owned by politicians, who do not face any problem in starting them. Besides, due to more private colleges coming up in almost every area, students prefer to join a college near their residence.” Nadini Patil, principal, Tilak College of Education, said more English medium colleges were the need of the hour. “Over the years, we have seen that the demand for English medium colleges are increasing; there are only a few colleges offering the course in English. That is another reason for students to opt out of the course.”
There are 351 Marathi medium BEd colleges in the state as against 38 English medium colleges.
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