Eligibility Criteria

B.Ed. Course

Medium of instructions: Bengali/ English
The B.Ed. programme shall be of a duration of two academic sessions, which can be completed in a maximum of three years from the date of admission to the programme.
20% of the seats (for self-financed colleges) and 50% of the seats for the WBUTTEPA (erstwhile David Hare Training College), will be reserved for Deputed teachers of classes IX-XII. Deputed teachers mean the teachers serving as substantive posts.
Reservation of seats for SC/ST/PWD (Minimum disability 40%) candidates will be as per Govt. Rules. Relaxation of minimum qualifying marks will be as per Govt. rules. The Reservation as stated is not applicable for Self-Financed Colleges.
For scoring in HS, the marks obtained in best five subjects excluding Environmental Studies will be considered.
Deputed Teachers (as per NCTE norms) from recognized Secondary & Higher Secondary School of West Bengal are eligible to apply.

School subjects of teaching offered are those which have been stated in the New Curriculum of WBUTTEPA :

Method Subjects List
Arabic	Bengali	Commerce	Computer	Science	Economics
Education	English	Fine Arts	Hindi	Geography	History
Life Science	Mathematics	Music	Philosophy	Physical Science	Political Science
Psychology	Sanskrit	Sociology	Urdu	Food & Nutrition	Home Management

Eligibility

Candidates should be Graduates in a school subject from a recognized university.
Candidates with at least 50% marks either in the Bachelor's Degree (General) / or in the Master's Degree in School subjects are eligible to apply.
Bachelor's in Engineering or Technology with Science and/or Mathematics, with 55% marks or any other qualification equivalent thereto, are also eligible for admission. Such candidates are required to enter the marks of B.E/ B. Tech. in the row of Honours Degree. M.E. / M. Tech result (if any) will be entered in the Master’s Degree row.
Honours Graduates in school subject should enter the Honours marks only in the row of Bachelor’s degree (Honours).
In case of General Graduates, the total marks obtained in general subjects should be entered in the row of Bachelor’s degree (General).
For candidates with less than 50% marks in the honours degree, the total marks of pass and Honours subjects will be considered. If it becomes 50% or more, that score will be entered in Graduation (General) row.
For fresh candidates, merit list will be prepared separately for each school subject based on scoring. • For Deputed Candidates, merit list will be prepared separately for each school subject based on length of service.

For Deputed Candidates.

Applicants deputed by School must submit an attested copy of M.C. resolution recording the approval of Service in regard to his/her service with the form.

Following additional documents are required to be submitted positively on the day of joining the B.Ed. programmes in institutions under the University:

Release order from the Headmaster / Headmistress.
Attested copy of M.C. resolution with regards to his/her deputation, countersigned by D. I. of Schools (Secondary).
Certificate from Competent Authority whether the candidate teaches in Class IX or above.
Three copies of passport size photographs of the applicant.
Deputation form duly filled in (available from the Institution after admission)
A certificate with the following information is to be submitted from the Secretary or Headmaster/Headmistress (where he/she is serving) and counter signed by the D.I. of Schools of the District concerned:

Certified that the School is in receipt of aid on full/ deficit/ lump sum grant basis or that school in unaided or salary deficit scheme one.
Certified that she/he is duly approved teacher.
Certified that she/he is duly approved teacher.
Certified that she/he is being deputed by the school for undergoing two year B.Ed. Courses (2016-2018)

Candidates pursuing any other course in the WBUTTEPA or any other University during 2016-18 academic session are not eligible for admission to the B. Ed. programme for the session 2016-18.

Application fee is Rs. 500/- for General candidates and Rs.300/- for SC/ST candidates

D.El.Ed. Course

A candidate applying for admission to the Two Year D.El.Ed. course in an institution, recognized by the NCTE, and affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Primary Education:

Should be an Indian citizen.
Should pass the H.S. (+2) Examination or its equivalent from any recognized Board/Council/University with at least 50% marks in the aggregate. There is however, a relaxation of 5% marks for the applicants belonging to Sc/ST/OBC/PH/ExServiceman categories.
Should not be above 35 years of age (40 years of age for Sc/ST/OBC/PH) Note 1: This upper age limit is not applicable for the in-service teachers, appointed before 03.09.2001 Note2: Ex-Serviceman shall get the benefit of age relaxation as per rules
Must have studied the language at the Higher Secondary level as a compulsory subject for which medium of instruction he/she will be applying for admission.
For Vocational- course pass applicants:

4% (i.e. two out of fifty) of the seats shall be earmarked for applicants coming from the vocational Stream Course (+2 Level) under any Board/University/Council or its equivalent, regardless of categories.
Such vocational-course pass applicants must have studied at least two language including English at the +2 stage.
Such vocational-course-pass applicants should score at least 50% marks at the +2 stage.
Such vocational-course-pass applicants, however, shall not be eligible for other seats under any conditions of backwardness or physical disability.

Reservation of seats shall be made as per usual norms.
The course fees and admission fees as will be set by the WBBPE/Government of West Bengal, shall have to be strictly followed, otherwise stern action will be taken up by appropriate authority.
5(five) seats in D.I.E.Ts, Govt./Govt.Sponsored /Govt.Aided Primary Teachers’ Training Institutes will be kept reserved for in-service Primary teachers, appointed before 03.09.2001 having 50% or 45% (as the case may be)at the H.S.(+2)Examination or its equivalent, if duly deputed by the competent authority. If there are more than five applications in this category, five will be selected from among them in order of merit. In case of non-availability of such candidates the seats shall be filled up from among the merit listed candidates in order of merit as per reservation rules.
Ten(10) percent of the total intake of a private Institution shall be reserved under Management Quota. No such reservation will be there in case of a Government/Government Sponsored/Govt. Aided institution. In case of such reservations, admission procedures and other terms and conditions for admission, as prescribed, should also be maintained strictly.
How to fill in the application form: The applicant should go through the information booklet and the application form carefully before starting to fill in the original application. It is advisable to photocopy it first and fill in the photocopy before filling in the original application form. Applicant should use only ball point pen to fill in the application form. Overwriting or usage of white ink should be avoided. For Sl. No. A,B,C,D,E,F,I the applicant should leave 1 (one) box blank between two words.

All the prefixes like Mr.,Mrs.,Shri,Smt., Kumari wtc. Should be strictly avoided while filling in the names.

For G, the date of birth of the applicant should be in the form of DD MM YYYY. Suppose the date of birth of an applicant is 9th August 1992, then the form should be filled in as 09/08/1992.

For H, the applicant should tick mark() in the appropriate box to mention his or her sex.

Fot J, the name of the examination should be Higher Secondary or as mentioned in the Mark-sheet of other Boards of Councils. The total marks obtained should be the aggregate of the best five including Forst and Second Language but excluding EVS.

For example: A students has passed the Higher Secondary Examination with following scores:

1 st Language-50
2 nd Language-78
Political Science-60
Geography-55
History-70
Philosophy (Optional Elective)-90
EVS-79

Now the calculation of percentage shall be made on the basis of (50+78+90+60/5)=69.6%.
Notable: He/She has scored more marks in Geography, but in order to keep the two language papers for calculation, a beter performance (55 in Geography) has to be kept off. Again the number in EVS cannot be taken for calculation.
Note: For determination of minimum eligibility the Grand Total marks (where applicable) will be converted into percentage. In such cases 500(five hundred) of 450 (four hundred fifty) (as the case may be) out of 1000(one thousand) shall mean 50 percent or 45 percent respectively.
For K, applicants should put tick mark in the appropriate box of category he or she belongs to. They should write ‘A’ or ‘B’ in case they belong to OBC and also tick in the same box.
Candidates belonging to Ex-serviceman category should write ‘Ex-ser’ and tick against the category.
For L, applicants applying for admission to two year D.El.Ed. course may mention their higher qualification, if any. No marks for higher Qualification.
For M & O, the applicant should put his or her full signature in English.
For the items G and j above, attestation/certification should be done by Group ‘A’ category officer or the Head Master of a recognized high school.

Mode of Selection: In order of merit on the basis of the percentage of the marks obtained at the Higher Secondary Examination (+2 stage) calculated as per the above example.
Course Fee: As per West Bengal Board of Primary Education.
Availability of Forms : Information Booklet-cum-Application Form shall be available immediately after the Advertisement/Notification with the Heads of the Institution (List of the Institution enclosed) or payment of Rs. 300/- (Rs. 150/- for SC/ST/PH) by cash.
Last date of submission of Application Form: As per notification date.
Session would be started from June.