Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Kolkata
B.Ed. Selection Procedure & General Information Session, 2019-2021

Selection Procedure and General Information

• Candidates with at least 50% (fifty) marks either in the Bachelor’s Degree and/or in the Master’s Degree in Sciences / Humanities/ Social Science, Bachelor’s in Engineering or Technology with specialization in Science and Mathematics with 55% marks or any other qualification equivalent thereto are eligible for admission to the programme. Requirement of 50% (fifty) marks shall not apply for persons appointed as teachers prior to the commencement of the NCTE, (Regulations, Norms & Procedure) Second Amendment Regulations, 2010 as laid down at paragraph 8(i) of the aforesaid Gazette. (Relaxation of 5% marks for S.C./S.T. andPhysically Challenged Candidates).
• Candidates not having required percentage may calculate the same taking both Honours and General papers (excluding compulsory papers) together. In that case credit to be calculated against B.A./B.Sc. General. Fresher (Non- Deputed School Teacher) Candidates will be selected on the basis of Academic Merit only.
• Candidates having passed with CGPA or other such standard should calculate the percentage on their own and get it authenticated by the concerned university and also should substantiate the same with proper documents.
• The applicants doing their Secondary or Higher Secondary from any board should calculate their percentage on the basis of best 5 subjects as per their scored marks against the concerned subjects.
• ‘Best five subjects’ means the language papers (First Language and Second Language) and any three other subjects, including additional subject/s but except the paper on Environmental Education. That means, language papers must be taken into consideration while calculating the percentage.
• The applicants having language paper (especially First Language) of two hundred marks should get the total of marks against five subjects, including that of First language, and then divide the total marks by six (6) to calculate the average.
• Selection of deputed teacher of Secondary School/Madrasah/ affiliated to W.B.B.S.E./W.B.B.O.M.E will be made on the basis of the period of approved services in the School/Madrasahs. In case applicants having equal service in secondary school/Madrasahs, preference will be given to the candidates having higher academic qualifications. If both the period of service and academic qualifications are equal, selection will be made on the basis of percentage of marks obtained by the candidates in different examinations in their career and candidates having higher Grade Marks will be selected (grade marks calculation will be done as same as meant for fresher candidate).
• According to the State Government and University of Calcutta rules 80% of the seats are reserved for the University of Calcutta candidates (who have obtained last relevant degree from C.U.), while the rest 20% seats are reserved for candidates from other Universities recognized by the U.G.C.
• Bachelors in Engineering or Technology with specialization in Science and Mathematics with 55% marks against a minimum total of 300 marks’ question paper or any other qualification equivalent thereto are eligible for admission to the programme. Requirement of 50% (fifty) marks shall not apply for candidates appointed as teachers prior to the commencement of the NCTE, (Regulations, Norms & Procedure) Second Amendment Regulations, 2010 as laid down at paragraph 8(i) of the aforesaid Gazette.
• Age limit: For Deputed Candidates there is no age bar.
• Age limit: For Fresher candidates the age limit is 40 (As on 30th June, 2019) for general category. However, there is relaxation of age for maximum 5(five) years for students belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe & Physically Handicapped Categories.