Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)

IGNOU BEd Admission 2019 – Eligibility, Application Form, Entrance Test, Fee

Ignou B.Ed admission 2018
Written by S Sharma

IGNOU BEd Admission Jan 2019

IGNOU B.Ed admission January 2019 – The Indira Gandhi National Open university offers Bachelor of Education as a distance learning programme to the learners from all over India. The learners who want to pursue their career in the field of teaching and education can join this course.
The course has been designed specifically for the learners who are interested in choosing the teaching domain as a career option.The university offers admission to IGNOU BEd programme only once in a year i.e for January session only.

The last date of IGNOU B.Ed entrance form submission is 18th November 2018

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The admission to the b.ed course is provided on the basis of merit obtained in the entrance test and fulfillment of proof of eligibility.

Medium of Instruction

The Indira Gandhi National Open University offers both English and Hindi medium of Instruction to study this programme.The learners can choose their medium of their choice out of available two languages.

If they choose the English language while registering themselves for the programme, they will be provided with IGNOU BEd Study material in English medium and vice-versa.

Let’s check out some important details about the IGNOU Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) such as programme duration, eligibility, the medium of instruction, etc.

Eligibility Criteria

Below we have mentioned the IGNOU BEd eligibility criteria which will help the candidates in deciding whether they are eligible to apply for admission or not:

Duration of Programme

It is two years professional Bachelor degree programme in the field of education which means the students has to complete the degree within the minimum duration of two years. However, the university allows students the maximum duration of five years to complete the B.Ed programme.

IGNOU B.Ed Fees 2019

The total IGNOU B.Ed Fees 2019 is Rs.50,000/- . The complete fee has to be paid at the time of admission during the first year. The candidates are strictly advised to not the pay fee along with the application fee for the entrance test.

It should be noted that there is a difference between application fee and programme fee. The application fee has to be paid at the time of applying for entrance test whereas the programme fee has to be paid only when admission is confirmed. Do you want to check out IGNOU B.Ed admission procedure, IGNOU B.Ed entrance test?

For submitting the IGNOU B.Ed Admission Fee, the candidates qualifying in the entrance test will be communicated separately about their admission and payment of programme fee. The candidates can submit the programme fee only in the form of Demand Draft which has to be drawn in favour of IGNOU payable at the city where your Regional Centre is situated.

It is advised to candidates that they should write their name and the programme code i.e. B.Ed. in capital letters your on the back of the Demand Draft to ensure proper credit of your fee to the relevant account.

Note : The programme fee may change in future, so please check the latest fee with the Ignou Regional Centre or see the latest prospectus.

IGNOU B.Ed Prospectus 2019

The students can download the Ignou BEd prospectus 2018 from the university official website as soon as it will be available.

IGNOU B.Ed Entrance Date 2018

The Indira Gandhi National Open University publishes the entrance date in the advertisement which will be uploaded by the university under the “Admission Announcement” section in the university official website at the following web path: Home > Student Support > Student Zone > Admission Announcement.

As soon as the university will publish the B.Ed admission notification for January 2019 session, the date of entrance test will be also mentioned in that advertisement as well.

As per the newspaper notification, the date of entrance test has been not announced yet. However, it will be probably conducted in the month of December 2018 along with other entrance test such as OPENMAT (for admission to management programmes).

The notification for these exams has been already published by the university on its official website.

All these entrance tests has been scheduled to be held in December 2018 for admission for the academic session starting from January 2019.

  • Date of Ignou B.Ed entrance test: December 2018 (Date not confirmed yet)

IGNOU B.Ed Admission Procedure 2019

The Indira Gandhi National Open University offers admission to its Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) distance learning programme every year in January session. The students who wish to apply for admission to Ignou B.Ed programme has to follow a very simple procedure for admission mentioned in the advertisement or  prospectus.

For the student’s convenience, we have tried our best to explain the admission procedure in this article so that learners can apply for admission very easily. 

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First of all, the candidates should download latest prospectus of B.Ed distance learning programme.

The Student Handbook & Prospectus consists of complete detail about the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) such as admission eligibility, programme structure, fee structure, Age limit, application form, term end exam form, revaluation form, etc.

After that students have to apply for entrance test by filling up application form online.

To get admission to Bachelor of Education programme, the candidates have to qualify this entrance test.

The candidates will be able to check B.Ed entrance result online on the university official website almost after 45 days as per the Ignou result announcement rule. The university also sends the result status to students who have appeared in the exam at their address.

If you qualify in the Ignou B.Ed entrance exam, you have to visit your respected IGNOU regional centre again with your entrance exam qualification proof  to fill up admission form.The counselor in the regional centre will guide you through all the way.

But it is recommended that you read out your prospectus carefully as it contains each and everything. If you read it carefully and thoroughly, you do not need to take help from counselors again and again.

IGNOU B.Ed Entrance Application Form 2018

The Indira Gandhi National Open university conducts the entrance test every year mostly in the month of December for admission to next year January session. The admission to B.Ed programme is completely done on the basis of score obtained in the entrance test conducted by the university.

The university conducts this entrance test at the national level in the various examination centres all over the country. The university will conduct the entrance test on the date which will be mentioned in the advertisement.

The B.Ed entrance date can be checked in the latest IGNOU admission notification. To appear in the entrance examination, the university will upload the hall ticket on its official website at www.ignou.ac.in ten to 15 days before the date of the test.

It should be noted that merely appearing in the entrance test does not mean that candidate is eligible for admission. The final admission to IGNOU B.Ed programme is subjected to rank obtained by the candidates in the merit list in the entrance test and production of proof of their eligibility.

The candidates have to submit the final application for admission to B.Ed. the programme along with original certificates (proof of eligibility) and the programme fee to confirm their admission. The number of seats in the regional centres where the B.Ed Programme Study Centres (PSC’s) are available is limited to 50 only.

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Note: The IGNOU reserves the right to change the date of examination and centre of examination without assigning any reason thereof.

IGNOU B.Ed Entrance Exam Pattern

In the entrance test of IGNOU B.Ed programme, the candidates will be provided with a test booklet which consists of 100 objective type multiple choice questions. Each question will be one march each which means the total number of marks will be 100.

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The entrance paper will be divided into two parts: Part A & B. The Part A will consist of questions from the following sections:

  • Section I: General English Comprehension (10 Marks)
  • Section II: Logical & Analytical Reasoning (20 Marks)
  • Section III: Educational & General Awareness (25 Marks)
  • Section IV: Teaching-Learning & the School (25 Marks)

The Part – B will consist of one section having five different subjects but the candidate has to attempt only one Subject of their choice. It will be of 20 marks.

Section V:  i) Science ii) Mathematics iii) Social Studies iv) English v) Hindi

The candidates who will be going to apply for admission can obtain the IGNOU B.Ed Entrance Sample paper from the prospectus or they can check out the IGNOU B.Ed previous entrance papers.

Duration of Entrance Test : 2 hours

The Candidates will be provided with the specifically designed OMR response sheet to mark their answers in the examination hall.

The university has provided the sample OMR sheet in the prospectus and it can be noticed that it is totally different from the answer sheets which we get in the School/College examinations.

Therefore, it becomes very much important for the candidate appearing in entrance test that he/ she should in advance about the OMR and how to mark their answers on it.

In Ignou B.Ed entrance, the candidates will be provided with a booklet which consists of 100 multiple choice objective questions.

IGNOU B.Ed Counselling

After the declaration of IGNOU B.Ed entrance result, the university organizes the counseling where the candidates who qualify in the entrance test are called for the counseling session. The candidates will receive the offer letter for admission after the counselling. The qualified candidates

The qualified candidates have to submit the original Documents along with the offer letter in the concerned Regional Centre only at the time of counseling.

About the author

S Sharma

My Educational Qualifications includes Master of Business Administration(MBA) from IGNOU, B.E. Computers from University of Jammu. I like to help IGNOU students, write blogs, update latest information related to entertainment, sports, movies, Gadgets, Health and Living, etc.

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