A section of students and teachers of the Delhi University have opposed the process of “replacing” the B.El.Ed course with the Centre’s Integrated Teacher Education Programme, claiming that the move would lead to a deep dilution of the standards required to prepare school teachers.
The university is planning to slowly scrap the in-house unique Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) programme. The Delhi University was the only varsity to have its own integrated four-year programme.
Three colleges of the Delhi University will adopt the Centre’s four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) for the upcoming academic year.
A section of teachers and students alike has opposed the scrapping of the course.
Student group SFI said scrapping a well-reputed programme such as the BElEd is “not only illegal, but also academically and professionally irrational”. “The university should come clear on why it is coercing colleges into replacing the BElEd with ITEP?” the SFI said in a statement.