Thanks Ritesh for the valuable update and so promptly I'm keen to know about the structure of course contents, any leads?
On 4/14/15, Ritesh Tomer <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I am lucky enough to be the part of entire proceedings regarding > two years B.Ed and M.Ed course designing in the department of > education D.U. > I think its a welcoming move of NCTE to introduce two years B.Ed and > M.Ed courses instead of one year as we are committed to produce good > teachers in the nation. > As per the introduction of special needs course goes, I would inform > you that it has not been given desirable space in the curriculum as it > is being kept of a 50 marks paper merely. And that to in the second > year of the programme. > > > On 4/14/15, Vikas Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote: >> And, that became possible because the B.Ed courses all over India have >> become of 2 years duration and they do not have much to teach in the B.Ed >> curriculum at this moment. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "George Abraham" <[email protected]> >> To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues >> concerningthe disabled.'" <[email protected]>; >> "'disability-studies-india'" <[email protected]>; >> "'jnuvision'" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:31 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd,MEd from >> upcoming academic session >> >> >> This is what we have been crying for all these years. Better late than >> never! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of avinash shahi >> Sent: 14 April 2015 13:10 >> To: disability-studies-india; accessindia; jnuvision >> Subject: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from >> upcoming >> academic session >> >> So any say? >> We had special education introduced through IEDS then in Sarva Shiksha >> Abhiyan in haste and the outcome? anyway, its a good move,isn't it? >> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/nation/story_14479.jsp#.VSzD3VS6b >> IU >> >> BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY >> >> New Delhi, April 13: The National Council for Teacher Education has >> introduced a compulsory paper on how to teach children with special >> needs in its revised BEd and MEd syllabi. >> >> The decision followed a countrywide survey last year that showed that >> nearly six lakh physically or mentally challenged children between six >> and 13 didn't go to school. >> >> The NCTE last week signed an agreement with the Rehabilitation Council >> of India (RCI), which has been regulating courses on special >> education, to help prepare the curriculum and modules for the >> compulsory paper that would be part of the general BEd and MEd >> courses. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> "The BEd and MEd courses did not have any compulsory paper on how to >> teach special children. This year we have incorporated four compulsory >> papers and one of them is on special education," NCTE chairperson >> Santosh Panda told The Telegraph. >> >> While the NCTE regulates general BEd and MEd courses, the RCI is the >> controlling authority for courses on teaching people with >> disabilities. >> >> Panda said the RCI has agreed to increase the duration of BEd and MEd >> courses on special education from one year to two years from the >> 2015-16 academic session starting in July-August to align with the >> NCTE pattern. In January this year, the NCTE had decided to switch to >> a two-year format. >> >> The RCI has also agreed to train at least one teacher from all the >> 17,000 BEd and MEd colleges across the country in special education. >> >> According to the National Sample Survey of Estimation - conducted by >> the NGO Social and Rural Research Institute in collaboration with the >> PSU Educational Consultants India Ltd in 2014 - some 60.41 lakh >> children in the 6-13 age group didn't go to school. Among them, nearly >> six lakh were physically or mentally challenged. >> >> Professor Vinita Kaul, of the education department at Ambedkar >> University, said teachers need special skills to deal with children >> with special needs. The NCTE, she added, must make sure that all BEd >> and MEd colleges engage at least one teacher with expertise on special >> education so that teacher trainers get proper guidance in the subject. >> >> The NCTE and the RCI have set up a committee under Professor N.K. >> Jangira, of the National Council of Educational Research and Training >> (NCERT), to draw up the two-year special education curricula. The >> committee will also suggest the curriculum for the special education >> papers in the general BEd and MEd streams. >> >> Lawyer Ashok Agrawal - who had earlier filed a case against schools >> for not implementing Right to Education rules that provide for >> inclusive education to students across all categories - said the >> situation was "changing gradually". >> >> "Private schools in Delhi have engaged teachers trained in special >> education," he said. "But the picture is grim in other states." >> >> The other compulsory papers the NCTE has introduced are on yoga, >> information and communications technology and gender studies. >> >> >> >> -- >> Avinash Shahi >> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU >> >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >> of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin >> dia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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