ABOUT:
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) was established in 1961 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India to prepare quality teachers in Science, Humanities, Commerce, Agriculture and Technology. Consequently, four Regional Colleges of Education at Ajmer, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar and Mysore were established as constituents units of NCERT. Regional College of Education, Ajmer was set up in the year 1963. Later it was renamed as Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Ajmer in the year 1995. It looks after the educational interests of Northern Region comprising the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
LOCATION:
The Institute is situated six kms away from the Ajmer Railway Station in midst of idyllic surroundings with the historic Anasagar Lake in front and the Aravali hills all around. It is almost equidistant from the world famous Dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti beyond the lake and the holy place of Hindu pilgrimage, Pushkar, at the back.This Institute, with its spacious buildings, playgrounds, gardens, lawnsand farm is spread over 110 acres. It is affiliated to the M.D.S. University,Ajmer and its courses are recognised by the NCTE, New Delhi. It is controlled and managed by the NCERT. The management committee, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of the affiliating university performs the advisory role on matters of academic interest..
COURSES OFFERED:
- Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)
- B.A.B.Ed. – Four Year
- B.Sc.B.Ed. – Four Year
- M.Ed. – Two Year
- M.Sc.Ed –Six Year
- B.Ed.-M.Ed.(Integrated) – Three Year
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSES:
1. BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (B.Ed.)
ABOUT:
The two-year Bachelor of Education programme, generally known as B.Ed., is designed based on the recommendations of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). This is a professional course that prepares teachers for upper primary or middle level (classes VI-VIII), secondary level (classes IX-X) and senior secondary level (classes XI-XII) for applicants with post-graduation. The curriculum is designed to integrate the study of Subject Knowledge, Human Development, Pedagogical Knowledge and Communication Skills. This Programme specifically provides quality teachers for secondary schools in Science, Mathematics, Language and Social Science. The students admitted to the course every year opt for either Science and Math’s or Social Science and Languages. This entitles them to become efficient teachers of Science/Mathematics, and Social Science/Language. The course is so designed in such a way that the students will be well versed in content as well as pedagogy.Â
Note: Through CEE-2023 candidates will get opportunity to get admission in B.Ed. in any one of the RIEs at Ajmer, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Mysuru and North East Regional Institute of Education (NERIE) Shillong, based on their state of eligibility.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
- Candidates with at least 50% marks in Bachelor’s Degree and/or in the Master’s Degree in Science/ Bachelors in Engineering or Technology with specialization in Science or Mathematics or in Bachelor’s Degree and /or in the Master’s Degree in Social Science/Humanities are eligible for admission to the Programme.
Relaxation of 5% marks for SC/ ST/PwD candidates.
SEATS AVAILABLE FOR B.Ed PROGRAMME(1) Science and Mathematics Group = 55 Seats (2)Social Science and Language Group = 55 Seats | ||||||
Distribution of 55 Seats | All | Gen | EWS-10% | OBC-27% | SC-15% | ST-7.5% |
Uttar Pradesh | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Rajasthan | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Â Â 2 |
Punjab | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Haryana | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
Delhi | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Jammu & Kashmir | 2 | 2 | ||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | |||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | |||||
Chandigarh | 0 | |||||
| Â | 47 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
Total (47 + *3PWD + **5EWS) = 55 | ||||||
2. B.A. B.Ed.
ABOUT:
The four-year integrated Programme integrates general studies in social sciences, humanities (content courses at par with those of undergraduate liberal programmers in arts), and professional studies comprising foundations of education, pedagogy of school subjects, and practicum related to tasks and functions of a school teacher. It maintains balance between theory and practice, coherence and integration among the components of the Programme, representing a wide knowledge base of a secondary school teacher. The Programme aims at preparing teachers for upper primary and secondary stages of education.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
- Candidates must have passed +2/Yr. Secondary/Sr. Secondary or equivalent examination in Science and Commerce streams or in Arts streams with at least 50% marks in aggregate .
Relaxation of 5% marks for SC/ST/PwD candidates)
SEATS AVAILABLE FOR B.A. B.Ed PROGRAMME:
Number of Seats = 55 | ||||||
Distribution of 55 Seats | All | Gen | EWS-10% | OBC-27% | SC-15% | ST-7.5% |
Uttar Pradesh | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Rajasthan | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2 |
Punjab | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Haryana | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
Delhi | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Jammu & Kashmir | 2 | 2 | ||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | |||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | |||||
Chandigarh | 0 | |||||
| Â | 47 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
Total (47 + *3PWD + **5EWS) = 55 | ||||||
2. B.SC B.Ed.
ABOUT:
The four-year integrated Programme integrates general studies in science (content courses at par with those of undergraduate liberal programs in science), and professional studies comprising foundations of education, pedagogy of school subjects, and practicum related to tasks and functions of a school teacher. It maintains balance between theory and practice, and coherence and integration among the components of the Programme, representing a wide knowledge base of a secondary school teacher. The Programme aims at preparing science and mathematics teachers for upper primary and secondary stages of education. The four year integrated course has been designed in view of the latest researches and experiments in the field of education. Besides, having latest knowledge in content areas the teacher trainees become well versed in pedagogy and communication skills which are integrated throughout the duration of the course.Â
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
- Candidates seeking admission to Physical Science Group must have passed with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) (M stands for Mathematics or Statistics) and those seeking admission to Biological Science Group (CBZ) must have passed Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (PCB) (B stands for Biology or Biotechnology) at +2 level.
- Candidates must have passed +2/Hr. Sec. /Sr. Sec. or any equivalent examination recognized by University/Board with at least 50% marks in aggregate of qualifying examination (relaxation of 5% marks for SC/ST/PwD candidates). The qualifying examination should be recognized by the affiliating universities of the RIEs.
- Candidates who have passed +2/Hr. Sec./Sr. Sec. or any equivalent examination in 2021, 2022, 2023 and appearing/ appeared in 2024 only.
SEATS AVAILABLE FOR B.SC B.Ed PROGRAMME:
(1) Physical Science Group = 55 Seats            (2) Biological Science Group = 55 Seats | ||||||
Distribution of 55 Seats | All | Gen | EWS-10% | OBC-27% | SC-15% | ST-7.5% |
Uttar Pradesh | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Rajasthan | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Punjab | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Â 2 | |
Haryana | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
Delhi | 2 | 1 | Â 2 | |||
Jammu & Kashmir | 2 | Â 2 | ||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | |||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | |||||
Chandigarh | 0 | |||||
 | 47 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
Total (47 + *3PWD + **5EWS) = 55 | ||||||
EXAM PATTERN:
- Separate Questions will be prepared for the following groups:
- Level – 1 : B.Sc.B.Ed./B.A.B.Ed./M.Sc.Ed.(Mysuru)
- Level – 2: B.Ed./B.Ed.-M.Ed.
- Level – 3: M.Ed.
- Level of question paper will be as given below:
- Level -1 – The level of questions will be such as expected of the candidate completing higher secondary/senior secondary education
- Level -2 – The level of questions will be such as expected of the candidate completing graduation
- Level –3- The level of questions will be such as expected of the candidate completing graduation and professional education level
- For all the levels, areas to be tested are
- Language Proficiency:Â Language Proficiency indicating specific areas like comprehension, rearranging sentences, selecting suitable words for the blanks, finding out errors in parts of the sentences, finding out equivalent meaning to the given Phrases, finding out suitable words for the incomplete sentences, sequencing, grammar which includes synonyms, antonyms, idioms, prepositions, tenses, articles.
- Teaching Aptitude/Attitude: Teaching Aptitude will cover specific areas like attitude towards education, children and teaching profession; interest in teaching; leadership qualities & group management; emotional & social adjustment; intrapersonal & interpersonal skills; and general awareness of contemporary issues pertaining to school education.
- Reasoning Ability:Â Reasoning Ability indicating specific areas like verbal non-verbal reasoning, missing numbers, number series, letter series, theme finding, jumbling, analogy, odd one out, arranging the statements in a sequential form, statement and conclusions, syllogism, logical problems, establishing relationships.
- Out of 80 questions, Language Proficiency in English 20 questions, Teaching Aptitude/Attitude 30 questions and Reasoning Ability 30 questions weightage will be given.
- Medium of Test Booklets will be only in English and Hindi.
- No. of test items-80, Time Duration-120 minutes.
- No. of test booklets- Only one set of booklet will be prepared for each group.
- Correct answer(s) will carry 2 marks each, Wrong answer(s) will carry negative marking of (minus) -0.5 marks each and Question(s) unattended will carry no marks
HOSTEL FACILITIES:
Most of the students of the institute (B.Sc. B.Ed, B.Ed and B.A. BEd) reside in the hostels situated on the campus. The hostel rooms are furnished with beds, tables, chairs, fans and electrical fixtures. Each hostel has a kitchen, a dining hall, a recreation and common room with the facilities of T.VFor this purpose there are six hostels. The rooms are used to accommodate both the regular students and the participants coming to the RIE to attend the various extension programmes. The RIE staff has also been provided with a large number of quarters of different types.
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
1. 60% from entrance examination and 40% from our definitions of aggregate scores for B.Sc.B.Ed./B.A.B.Ed./M.Sc.Ed./B.Ed./B.Ed.M.Ed (Integrated)/M.Ed.
2. Aggregate score will be defined as:
• For B.Sc.B.Ed. And M.Sc.Ed.: Obtained marks of PCM or PCB out of Maximum marks of PCM/PCB in qualifying examination.
• For B.A.B.Ed. Obtained total marks of qualifying examination out of Maximum marks of qualifying examination.
• For B.Ed. obtained total marks of qualifying degree examination out of the maximum marks of qualifying degree examination
3. TIE Cases will be decided by scores of Teaching Aptitude test. Further TIE will be decided on the basis of age.
4. Merit list will consider 2 digits after decimal with rounding off.
CONCLUSION:
In the heart of Ajmer, where tradition meets modernity, the RIE B.Ed, BA B.Ed, and B.Sc B.Ed programs have woven an educational tapestry that blends academic excellence with cultural richness. As students embark on their journey towards shaping young minds, they find themselves not just in classrooms, but in a vibrant and diverse community that fosters holistic development. These programs in Ajmer serve as a bridge between knowledge and practice, nurturing educators who will leave an indelible mark on the future. So, whether it’s the serene lakes of Pushkar or the bustling streets of Ajmer, the education imparted here resonates far and wide, creating a harmonious symphony of learning.
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