B.Ed. Curriculum

ORDINANCES, REGULATIONS AND THE CURRICULUM FOR THE B. Ed. TWO YEARS DEGREE PROGRAMME

(Semester I, II, III and IV)
(As per Credit Based Choice System with effect from the academic year June 2017)

• Decision of UGC for introducing the Semester and Credit Based Choice System in all the central, state and deemed universities and institutions of higher learning in the country under the Eleventh Five Year Plan. (D. 0. F.1-2/2008-XI Plan dated January 31,2008 from the Chairman, UGC).
• Credit system involves breaking down the curriculum into measurable units that can be combined to get a degree/diploma.
• A credit is generally a value used to measure a student’s work load in terms of learning time required to complete course units, resulting in learning outcomes.
• The number of credits awarded to a learner is determined by Credit Value or Credit Points assigned to a particular course.
• It is a way of expressing the ‘learner’s workload’. (Student’s).
• One (01) credit is Twelve (12) learning hours.
• Credits once gained cannot be lost.

The definitions of the key terms used in the Credit Based Choice System

Program: Program is set of courses that are linked together in an academically meaningful way and generally ends with the award of a Certificate or Diploma or degree depending on the level of knowledge attained and the total duration of study, ponds to the word ‘subject’ used in many universities. A course is essentially a constituent

Course: A course cones of a ‘program’ and may be conceived of as a composite of several learning topics taken from a certain level. All the learning topics included in a course must necessarily have academic coherence that is there must be a common thread linking the various components of a course.’ A number of linked courses considered together are in practice, a ‘program’.

Credit Point: Credit point refers to the ‘workload’ of a learner and is an index of the number of learning hours deemed for a certain segment of learning. These learning hours may include a variety of learning activities like reading, reflecting, discussing, attending lectures/counselling sessions, writing assignments, preparing for examinations, etc. Credits are assigned for a single Course and always pay attention tc how many hours it would take for a learner to complete a Single course successfully By and large a course may be assigned anywhere between 3 to 12 Credits where in onfnedit is construed as corresponding to 12 hours.