INTRODUCTION
The Regional Institute of Education (RIE, previously known as Regional College of Education), is a constituent unit of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi. The RIEs were set up in 1963 by the Government of India in different parts of India covering various regions. The Regional Institutes of Education have established themselves as institutes of repute in the area of school and teacher education. The institutes have tried to shoulder the responsibilities and challenges generated by changes in the educational scenario of the country.
RIEB’s VISION STATEMENT
RIE Bhopal is committed to educational excellence, equity, quality, and constant pursuit of knowledge in the areas of school and teacher education to achieve the goals of NCERT.
States and UTs covered under RIE Bhopal are:
Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.
RIE Bhopal is affiliated with Barkatullah University (BU), Bhopal, and recognized by the NCTE.
LIST OF RIE’s
 There are total 5 RIE’s:
- RIE Ajmer
- RIE Bhubaneswar
- RIE Bhopal
- RIE Mysore
- RIE Shillong
BENEFITS OF STUDYING AT RIE BHOPAL
 RIEs have been offering various programmes for the last 55 years. They offer 100% campus placements to students. The institutes also offer merit scholarships to up to 50% of students, there are various scholarship schemes. The campus is fully residential and all the students are provided accommodation on the campus.
COURSES OFFERED AT RIE BHOPAL
- B.Sc. B.Ed.
- B.A. B.Ed.
- B.Ed.
- M.Ed.
- B.Ed. Â M.Ed.
- BCGC
COURSE DETAILS
1. INTEGRATED B.Sc. B.Ed.
ABOUT COURSE
- The four-year B.Sc.Ed course provides for complete integration of content and pedagogy evenly distributed throughout the duration of the course.
- The two groups have to opt between PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Maths) and CBZ (Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology) enabling them to become TGTs of Maths/Science and TGTs of Science respectively.
- The medium of instruction is English but they are qualified or capable to teach or educate through Hindi/English medium.
- An eight-week internship programme for B.Sc.B.Ed. students in the fourth year to facilitate school experience under SEP (School Experience Programme).
- Field Work with Community is one of the activities students of B.Sc. B.Ed., B.A. B.Ed. and B.Ed. are involved in other than Work Experience, Physical Education, and aesthetic education.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- Candidates seeking admission to the Physical Science Group must have passed with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) (M stands for Mathematics or Statistics) and those seeking admission to the 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 the University/Board in the current year 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.
2. INTEGRATED B.A. B.Ed.
ABOUT COURSE
- This 4-year course also provides complete integration of content (Social Sciences and Humanities) and Pedagogy evenly distributed throughout the duration of the course.
- They have to opt for one Language (Hindi/English/Urdu/ Marathi/ Gujarati) and two Social Science subjects (History/Geography and Economics./Political Science.) as optional to enable them to become TGT (Soc. Science) and TGT (Language).
- The medium of instruction is English but they are qualified or capable to teach through Hindi/English medium.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Candidates must have passed +2/Hr. 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) in the current year.Â
3. 2-YEAR B.Ed.(Bachelors of Education)
 ABOUT COURSE
- The Two-year course is designed to meet the professional requirements of school teachers and provides quality teachers for secondary schools in Science and Maths, and Languages and Social Sciences.
- The students have to opt for either Science and Maths or Social Sciences and Languages. And enables them to become efficient teachers of Science/Maths, Social Science and Languages respectively.
- Students from the Social Sciences and Languages group will have to study any of the five languages– Hindi, English, Urdu, Gujarati, and Marathi. The language that they study in this course allows them to become language teachers of the language concerned.
- History, Geography, Political Science, and Economics are well integrated and taught as a single subject.
- An eight-week programme for B.Ed. 2nd year students provide them, school experience under SEP (School Experience Programme) .
- Field Work with the Community is one of the activities in which students of B.Ed. are involved, besides Work Experience, Physical Education, and Aesthetic Education.
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)
4. M.Ed.(Masters of Education)
ABOUT COURSE
- The one-year M.Ed. (RIE) course is designed to cater to the needs of Teacher Training Institutions.
- It prepares teacher educators to work in the area of teacher education.
- The special feature of the course is to prepare teacher educators for Educational Research and field-based studies, especially in the area of Education.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Candidates seeking admission to the M.Ed. Programme should have obtained at least 50% marks or an equivalent grade (relaxation by 5% for SC/ST/PwD Candidates) in the following programmes/courses from any University / College / Institute recognized by affiliating universities:
→ B.Ed.
→ B.A.B.Ed./B.A.Ed./B.Sc.B.Ed./B.Sc.Ed.
→ B.El.Ed.
→ D.El.Ed. With a Bachelor’s degree in Arts/Science (With 50% marks in each)
5. INTEGRATED B.ED. M.ED. PROGRAMME
ABOUT COURSE
- The B.Ed.-M.Ed.(Integrated) Programme is a three-year full-time professional Programme in education, Exit before completing three years of study there is no intermediate exit. It aims at preparing teacher educators and other professionals in education
- Like Curriculum Developers, Educational Policy Analysts, Educational Planners and Administrators, School Principals, Supervisors, and Researchers in the field of education. One gets an integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed. degree with specialization in either elementary education or secondary and senior secondary education. This Programme is currently offered only in RIE, Bhopal.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
A post graduate degree in science / social science/ humanity from a recognized institution with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade (relaxation by 5% for SC/ST/PwD candidates)
6.DIPLOMA COURSE IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING(DCGC)
ABOUT COURSE
- The 1 year Course intends to train in-service teacher educators, educational administrators, and untrained guidance personnel as counselors or teacher counselors to guide and counsel students in schools or related settings.
- This course has now been redesigned with distance/online and face-to-face mode components to make it accessible and reachable to larger numbers.Â
- A practicum (internship) of the DCGC programme is conducted for eight weeks for field practical training and assessment.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- In-service teachers – Graduates with teaching degree.Â
 Presently not working – Graduates with a teaching degree and at least two years of teaching or related experience. - Postgraduates in psychology/education/social work/child development/special education.Â
- Preference will be given to those with at least one year of teaching correlated experience.
Minimum % of marks for all target groups is 50% (5% relaxation for SC/ST).
STATE/UT OF DOMICILE
elect the appropriate State /UT against which you are seeking admission. As proof of eligibility of State/ UT for admission, the candidate has to produce any one of the following documents:
- Evidence of having passed the qualifying examination from the State/ UT as given in the advertisement.
- In case of legal guardian/parents is an employee of State/ Central Govt./ Govt. of India undertaking/ Autonomous bodies the latest certificate of place of posting in the State/ Uts.
- A domicile certificate from the competent authority.
Candidates need to fill in any one of the choices (a), (b) or (c).
RESERVATION POLICY
As per the Government of India, The following reservations are available for candidates belonging to reserved categories:
- SC – 15%
- ST – 7.5%
- OBC – 27%
- PwD- 5%
- EWS – 10%
SEAT DISTRIBUTION
NO. OF THE SEATS IN THE PROGRAMME OF THE INSTITUTE
B.Ed. (Lang. and Soc. Sc/ B.Ed. Sc. and Maths)– 55 seats
B.Sc. B.Ed.– 55 seats
B.Sc
B.Ed.– 55 seats
M.Ed. ( All India)- 55 seats
FEE STRUCTURE
HOSTEL FACILITIES
Hostel facilities for boys and girls are available on each RIE campus.
COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 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 the 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, EXAM PATTERN IS:
- Medium of question paper -in English and Hindi both.
- Time Duration-120 minutes.
- Marking scheme:
- Correct answer(s) will carry 2 marks each,
- Wrong answer(s) will carry negative marking of -0.5 marks each, and
- Question(s) unattended will carry no marks.
SYLLABUS FOR CEE
- Language Proficiency indicating specific areas like comprehension, rearranging sentences, selecting suitable words for the blanks, finding errors in parts of the sentences, finding out equivalent meaning to the given Phrases, finding suitable words for the incomplete sentences, sequencing, grammar which includes synonyms, antonyms, idioms, prepositions, tenses, articles.
- Teaching Aptitude will cover specific areas like attitude towards education, children and the 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 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.
RESULTS OF COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION & RANKING
- 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. /M.Ed. /B.Ed.-M.Ed. will be counted for the final merit list.
- 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 the qualifying degree examination out of the maximum marks of the qualifying degree examination.
- For M.Ed. obtained total marks of qualifying examination out of the maximum marks of qualifying examination. If the qualifying examination is B.Sc.Ed./B.Sc.B.Ed /B.A.Ed./B.A.B.Ed. and D.El.Ed. Only, the obtained total marks of professional components out of the maximum marks in these components.
- TIE Cases will be decided by scores of the Teaching Aptitude test. Further TIE will be decided on the basis of age.
- Merit list will consider 2 digits after decimal with rounding off.
- RIEs will provide 1 seat for each course B.Sc. B.Ed. and B.A. B.Ed.) over and above of their regular quota for NTSE awardees.
- Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination up to two years back and appearing/appeared in the current year( when the entrance exam is held) can apply for B.Sc.B.Ed./B.A.B.Ed./M.Sc.Ed.
- There is no restriction in the passing year to apply in B.Ed., B.Ed.-M.Ed. and M.Ed
COUNSELLING AND ADMISSION
The Counselling and admission will be done in RIE BHOPAL. The details of the counselling and admission procedures and dates will be available on the websites of RIE BHOPALÂ https://riebhopal.nic.in/.
SCHOLARSHIPS
All SC, ST, and 50% of remaining students will be awarded scholarships as per NCERT rules on submission of parent’s income certificate. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of merit list of admission. Staying in the hostel is compulsory for Scholarship holders.
CONCLUSION
RIE is considered one of the most reputable institutions for teacher education and rightfully so. Integrated courses make these RIE’s different from other institutes.
RIE BHOPAL provides not just 1 or 2 courses but various programmes like B.Sc. B.Ed. , B.A. B.Ed. , B.Ed., M.Ed. B.Ed integrated course. , M.Ed. and BCGC. M.Ed. B.Ed integrated course is only provided by RIE BHOPAL among all the RIE’s.
Their mission is to strengthen pupil’s learning through advocacy and teaching initiatives.
Those students who want to complete this syllabus and practice in the best possible way can join our platform – Delhi Bytes where we facilitate students with one-to-one interactive batches where the whole syllabus of RIE CEE is covered by highly trained teachers and faculty members.
For practice purpose, mock tests and PYQs are also provided on the Delhi Bytes website www.delhibytes.inÂ
Following are some screenshots of mock tests from the DELHI BYTES website.
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