Archive · 12 Aug 2025
Parliamentary Panel Recommends BElEd Program Continuation
A committee is saying to keep the BElEd program for training teachers.
This is a four-year course.
The government's teacher education council, NCTE, wants to stop it.
They want schools to use a new program called ITEP instead.
ITEP is in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The committee feels stopping BElEd would be a mistake and wants to keep it going and fill open teacher jobs.
Professors from around the world also support keeping BElEd.
Parliamentary panel recommends continuation of the BElEd program.
The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) proposed to scrap the BElEd program.
The BElEd program is a four-year course for elementary teacher education.
NCTE wants institutions to transition to the new Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) by 2026-27.
The committee also called for filling teacher vacancies in schools.
- Who
- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, the NCTE, and the Union Education Ministry's Department of School Education and Literacy.
- What
- A parliamentary panel's recommendation to continue the BElEd program.
- When
- The parliamentary panel's report was presented last Friday.
- Where
- India
- Why
- To address the need for qualified elementary teachers and prevent the dismantling of a successful program.
Parliamentary Committee's Stance
NCTE's Proposal
Program Continuation
Parliamentary Committee's Stance
The BElEd program should continue and be strengthened.
NCTE's Proposal
Not applicable
- Program
- Bachelor of Elementary Education (BElEd)
- Committee
- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education
- NCTE Proposal
- Discontinue BElEd
- ITEP
- Integrated Teacher Education Programme
- NEP
- National Education Policy 2020
- Teacher Vacancies
- Approximately 17.5 lakh
Sources
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