10,000 BEd seats vacant: Federation
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 22
The Federation of Self-Financed Colleges of Education has lamented the absence of a clear-cut policy for filing of BEd seats in private college.
This year, 10,000 seats of the total 21,000 seats are lying vacant as many students with the required qualification are unable to take admission due to the entrance test being conducted every year by the Department of High Education.
“Moreover, of the 17,000 students, who cleared the entrance test, only 10,000 have made it to the colleges so far,” said Nirmal Singh, vice-president of the federation.
Though the basic qualification for admission to BEd colleges was graduation with 50 per cent marks (general category) and 45 per cent marks (reserved category), the entrance test introduced by the government in 2015 had resulting in many seats remaining vacant every year, said Nirmal Singh, adding that 5,000 BEd seats remained vacant last year.
There are around 210 colleges, including 22 government colleges in the state, offering BEd courses. Of the total 22,000 seats, 1,000 seats are in government-run and aided colleges and the remaining in private colleges.
Nirmal Singh said every year, the federation had to move the court over the failure of the government to fill the BEd seats. Last year also, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had instructed the Higher Education Department to formulate a policy to fill the left-out seats in BEd colleges.
