ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO THE B.ED PROGRAMME :

A candidate shall be eligible for admission to the B.Ed., programme  Self-Financing Colleges of Education leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) provided

  1. The candidates should have undergone 10+2+3+(15) or 11+2+3(15) pattern of study and passed the qualifying examination conducted by the respective State Board or CBSE or any other recognized Board of Education/ Examination and UG Degree Examination of the UGC recognized Universities in any one of the school subjects offered by the Directorate of School Education at the Secondary/ Higher Secondary Education level.

  2. Candidates, who have passed the UG or PG Degree under Open University system without qualifying in 11 years SSLC Examination and one year of Pre-University Course (P.U.C) Examination or 10+2 even if they subsequently qualify in one year SSLC and one year PUC or 10+2 pattern of School Education Examination.

  3. Candidates, who have qualified the PG Degree (5year integrated course) under 10+2+5 or 11+1+5 pattern of study , shall be considered for admission. In such cases, the marks obtained by the candidates in the first three years(in major and ancillary or allied subjects alone) of the course alone shall be taken in to account for admission to B.Ed., Degree  Programme for the subjects in Tamil/ Urdu(Urdu in Self-Financing Colleges only), English, Mathematics, Physical Science(Physics), Physical Science(Chemistry),Biological Science(Botany), Biological Science(Zoology),Geography and Computer Science. The marks obtained by the candidates in the last two years(4th & 5th year) alone shall be taken into account for admission to B.Ed., Degree programme for subjects in Home Science, Economics, Commerce, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Logic, Indian Culture and Philosophy.

  4. Candidates , who have done their UG Degree in the School subjects, are eligible for admission to B.Ed., However, those who have done UG in the subjects for which equivalence is not covered under the (G.O) (1D) No.257, Higher Education(G1) Department, Dated 19.07.2016, shall have to obtain and equivalence certificate for the respective subjects from the University Concerned to consider their admission to B.Ed., Degree programme.

  5. Candidates, with the following marks in the UG Degree are eligible for admission to B.Ed., Degree programme with the subjects in Tamil / Urdu (Urdu in Self – Financing Colleges only), English, Mathematics, Physical Science(Physics), Physical Science (Chemistry), Biological Science(Botany), Biological Science(Zoology), History, Geography and Computer Science. The marks obtained in UG Degree alone shall be taken to arrive the eligibility even if they possess PG Degree in the same subject. For the subject in the Home Science , Economics, Commerce, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Logic, Indian Culture and Philosophy, PG Degree with not less than 50% marks is mandatory and the subjects in UG and PG Degree with not less than 50% marks is mandatory and the subjects in UG and PG shall be one and the same.

Community/Category

Minimum Marks

OC

50%

BC/BCM

45%

MBC/DNC

43%

SC/SCA/ST

40%