Bachelor of Education [B.Ed] (Part Time) From Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Directorate of Distance Education, Hyderabad

The Bachelor of Education program (B.Ed.) in ODL mode, is a professional program for in-service teachers, a second degree in teacher education, primarily intended for upgrading the professional competence of working teachers in the upper primary, secondary schools, and senior secondary level who have entered the profession without formal secondary teacher training. It aims at preparing in-service teachers for the secondary stage of education, by the notifications of the NCTE about minimum qualifications for recruitment as a teacher (Preamble, NCTE B.Ed. (ODL) Norms and Standards, 2014).

The University follows the eligibility criteria prescribed by NCTE under B.Ed. (ODL) Norms & Standards, 2014. Clause 4.2 of the said regulation reads as under. The following categories are eligible to be the students of B.Ed. (ODL)

(i) Trained in-service teachers in elementary education.

(ii) Candidates who have completed NCTE-recognized teacher education program through face-to-face mode.

(iii) The reservation and relaxation in marks for SC/ST/OBC/PWD and other categories shall be as per the rules of the Central Government/State Government, whichever is applicable.

Apart from the above,

A candidate with at least fifty percent (50%) marks either in Bachelor’s degree and/or in the master’s degree in Sciences/Social Sciences/Commerce/Humanities, Bachelor's in Engineering or Technology with specialization in Science and Mathematics with 55% marks or any other qualification equivalent thereto from any UGC recognized University are eligible

A candidate must have studied URDU as a subject or medium of instruction up to 10th or its equivalent or above, as the mandate of the university is to impart education through Urdu Medium, which is its special character