B.Ed entrance test date announced-GNDU to conduct centralized Common Entrance Test for Punjab colleges
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
The process of online application for admission into B.Ed. course in the colleges affiliated to (1) Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (2) Punjabi University, Patiala (3) Punjab University, Chandigarh situated in the state of Punjab has already been started on the online platform from 25th May, 2022. Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Punjab has given the responsibility of conducting Common Entrance Test (CET) and Centralized Counseling for admission into B.Ed. course to Guru Nanak Dev University for the session 2022-23.
Prof. (Dr.) Amit Kauts, Coordinator said that, “as per the Notification No. DPIHE-COLOGOMISC/34/2021-COLLEGEEDUCATION-DPI-HIGHEREDUCATION, Chandigarh/6412 Dated 11/04/2011; all graduates with 50% marks in bachelor’s degree in any stream (45% in case of SC, BC candidates) as well as Master’s degree in any stream are eligible to appear in the Common Entrance Test. He further added that 211 colleges have been notified by the Govt. of Punjab. However, the affiliating universities cleared the participation of 59 colleges having 6950 seats of Punjab University Chandigarh, 51 colleges having 4800 seats of Guru Nanak Dev University, 79 colleges having 8450 seats of Punjabi University, Patiala.
The last date for receiving the online forms and depositing of fees is 28thJune, 2022.The admit card for sitting in the examination will be available by 12thJuly, 2022 and the date of Entrance Test has been fixed as 24th July, 2022. The minimum qualifying marks in CET will be 25% for the General category candidates and 20% for the SC/ST candidates. Common Entrance Test (CET) will comprise of examination pattern set in form of Objective type questions only. The question paper would be in English and Punjabi medium. English as a language is compulsory for all whereas candidates would be given option in choosing either Punjabi or Hindi language based on their matriculation profile. To facilitate the candidates, the Examination Centres will be made possibly in all the district headquarters of Punjab as well as Chandigarh. Till date, 3000 applications have been received.
Prof. Kauts, while updating on the admission process, also revealed that, “Technical Team of experts is regularly addressing to the queries of the participants for smooth functioning and facilitating the online updates and other functions. He also added that applicants and participants can share their queries and views on [email protected] and contact on 01832823183.
B.Ed entrance test date announced-GNDU to conduct centralized Common Entrance Test for Punjab colleges. Further all candidates can continuously seek all updates related to Common Entrance Test and Centralized Counseling on the admission portal “Punjabbedadmissions.org”.
June 9,2022
