The Hindu : Council nod for B.Ed colleges awaited: Mandava

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Wednesday, Jan 07, 2004

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Council nod for B.Ed colleges awaited: Mandava

HYDERABAD Jan. 6. Admissions into B.Ed colleges for 2003-04 will begin on January 31 while the notification is likely to be issued on January 20.

However, this would be based on the clearance for the colleges from the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), the Minister for School Education, Mandava Venkateswara Rao, said.

Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said the Government was awaiting clearance from the NCTE which was likely to come by January 15. The Government had taken up the matter with the NCTE. The Government was ready with the G.O. concerned, taking into consideration the Supreme Court judgment and High Court directives on admissions.

Mr. Venkateswara Rao said the District Selection Committee examinations had been postponed and they would be held from April 4 to 6 instead of March 5, 6 and 7, as announced earlier. The last date for sale and receipt of applications would be March 1. Applications should be given to District Education Officers concerned.

He said the test had been postponed due to demand from several quarters. Students of the present batch and the extended batch apart from Hindi pandits and D.Ed students had been urging the Government to give them a chance. "We have taken into consideration their requests and extended the last date for submission of forms also," he said.

Regarding inter-district transfers, the Minister said they would be effected after the examinations so that students were not affected. More than 10,000 applications were received, of which 4,000 related to mutual transfers. Moreover the modalities had to be worked out keeping in view GO 610. As per the earlier schedule the process was supposed to be completed by January 9.

The Minister made it clear that minority status would be extended to colleges where the entire management was from that particular community. Guidelines would be issued in a couple of days.

Meanwhile, a statement from the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education said class work would begin on February 16. The last working day would be October 13. Examinations would be held in the October/November. The schedule had been worked out keeping in view the requirement of 180 working days prescribed by the NCTE, it said.

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