NCTE has now issued guidelines which have been approved by the UGC for B.Ed course through distance mode.The salient features of the guidelines are:

1. the duration should be 24 months exclusive of the time taken for completing admission formalities;
2. the admissions should be made on the basis of a written admission test;
3. admissions should be given only to regular teachers serving in recognised schools (primary, secondary, and higher secondary level) within the jurisdiction of the university and possessing a minimum two years of teaching experience;
4. no university should admit more than 500 candidates in a given academic year; and
5. for every 500 students, there should be a full time core faculty and additional complement of ten part-time faculty members.

Among the universities which have been permitted to offer the B.Ed course through distance learning mode are -

• (1) Himachal Pradesh University (Shimla);
• (2) Maharshi Dayanand University (Rohtak);
• (3) Punjabi University (Patiala);
• (4) Tripura University (Agartala);
• (5) Kurukshetra University (Kurukshetra);
• (6) Karnataka State Open University (Bangalore), and
• (7) Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) (New Delhi). The IGNOU course is open to full-time teachers of recognised schools with two years of regular teaching experience.

For more information refer to B ed Correspondence and M ed Correspondence