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Breakthrough in B.Ed calendar issue

HYDERABAD: The academic calendar of the B.Ed course in the State will fall in line from next year with the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) agreeing to allow parallel running of the B.Ed course of 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years.

The assurance was given by the NCTE Chairman S.K. Thakur during a meeting with the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) officials in the presence of Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) D. Purandareswari in New Delhi on Thursday.

APSCHE Secretary M.D. Christopher who represented the APSCHE in the meeting said that admissions for the 2007-08 batches would be completed by September-end and the course would be run parallel with the existing batch in the months of October, November and December. However, there would be no clash in the classrooms since the present batch would be going for practicals in other schools as a part of the course during those three months.

He said Ms. Purandareswari was instrumental in convincing the NCTE officials for the need to run both the courses simultaneously. The officials argued that when the University and State Government were comfortable with running the course simultaneously there should not be any objection from the NCTE side. Mr. Christopher said the Deans of all the universities were taken into confidence before the argument was put up.

The Minister is said to have argued that it was not necessary for NCTE to give renewal every year and the delay in giving permissions and renewing admissions had actually thrown the academic year out of gear. The NCTE Chairman also agreed to the suggestion that colleges need not wait for permission every year. He also promised to direct the regional officials in this regard.

Six months late

More than 40,000 B.Ed students in 350-odd colleges in the State have been facing the problem of finishing the course six months late compared to universities in other States.

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