HKE Society's Basaveshwar College of Education, Bidar

Teacher Education, The Basaveshwar College of Education established in the year 1980 at Bidar is one of the prestigious and well known institutions of HKE Society. Affiliated to Bidar Central University this is a component collegiate in Karnataka that has been accredited by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). Being a small college with limited campus space of 0.

0103 acres, the college provides a centralized learning atmosphere for it’s students. The institute currently has a total learner population of 96 learners with a faculty of 10 ensuring mutual respect of learners and teachers that makes for learner teacher friendly ratio. Currently, the college offers only one degree, the Bachelor of Education (B. Ed) showing its line of specialisation in teacher training.

They can also take advantage of the variety of establishments that the college provides for the improvement of learning process. It consists of 6,638 books and other journals and newspapers which are supposed to be useful for educational purposes. Departmental laboratories offer practical experience that opportunistic student teachers need to gain before venturing into teaching practices.

The college also has an auditorium as well as seminar facilities for events, adding to the colleges active academic environment. To support student’s health needs there is a health centre complete with first aid facilities, students dining hall and places for sporting activities. It also values the use of technology with impressive IT facilities as one of the goals of the institution.

Extra features such as a gym centre, a car park, and the provision of guest house facilities to accommodate the families of teachers and tutors teaching at the school as well as visiting faculty also play a key role in making learning environment comfortable. Considering the academics, the HKE Society’s Basaveshwar College of Education is right now offering only one course that is its B.

ED programme , and this programme is of two years full time course. The college has been approved to have an intake capacity of 50 students in this programme and therefore confirms that this programme has some stiff measures of standard admission. Such as approach ensures that the resources and skills of the institution are directed towards achieving the department’s goal of offering excellent teacher education.

Unfortunately the college provided graduation data only for the year 2014-15 Hence comparison of both the year enrollment data of B. Ed programme the college has total enrolment of 96 students. The criteria for admission for the B.

Ed programme offered in HKE Society’s Basaveshwar College of Education is based on merit following the admission norms of the state government, Union Territory administration and the university to which the college is affiliated. The college thinks about marks secured in the qualifying examination and/ or entrance examination scores.

Also, other competitive selection procedures may be used depending on the existing practices and procedures. Such a selection processes makes certain that only qualified candidates with the abilities of becoming professional teachers are hired.