Colleges in ‘wait and watch’ mode to offer teacher education programme
The Hindu
Colleges of education in the region that had been helplessly watching the declining patronage for the traditional B.Ed. programmes are in a ‘wait and watch’ mode in the wake of the National Council fo
Colleges of education in the region that had been helplessly watching the declining patronage for the traditional B.Ed. programmes are in a ‘wait and watch’ mode in the wake of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) deciding to put on hold its approval for launch of four-year integrated B.Sc. B.Ed. and B.A.B.Ed. programmes. The demand for the programme began to slide since 2015-16 from when NCTE had doubled the duration of B.Ed. to two years, according to a functionary of a college of education in Tiruchi. The advantage in the four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) is that the students will be able to save a year. In the central districts, the ITEP is being offered by Central University of Tamil Nadu at Tiruvarur, and SASTRA Deemed to be University and Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology in Thanjavur district.The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.