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Meritorious students give teaching a miss

70% of new BEd students have only 50-55% marks in graduation.

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Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenge, said a wise man. But the biggest question the humble profession of teaching is facing at present remains. That is whether it gets the attention of quality candidates to take up this humble profession as a mission?

If figures for the merit list of admission in the department of education at Gujarat University (GU) are anything to go by, meritorious students seem to be giving thumbs down to Bachelor of Education, a degree which is the gateway to teaching in school.

The recently concluded admission season at GU suggests that nearly 70 per cent of the total of 3,400 students, who have taken admission in BEd, have secured 50 per cent to 55 per cent marks in graduation, said RS Patel, head of the department of education at GU.

“There are meritorious students, who have secured 70 per cent and above and still chose to take admission in BEd. But the number of such students is very low, hardly five to 10 per cent.

As we have the eligibility criterion of 50 per cent for admission in BEd, we do not give admission to students securing below 50 per cent marks. Still, a majority of the students are in the category of 50 per cent to 55 per cent marks,” said Patel.

So, do students who take admission have genuine interest in becoming teachers?

“It might not be the case every time. Sometimes, students do not get admission in courses they intend to. But take admission in BEd as they want to get an additional degree,” said a GU official.

These courses can be degree engineering, pharmacy, MBA, MCA, etc to mention a few.

“If a student gets high percentage in graduation, they would like go for GPSC, UPSC and NET exams, which assure better social status and pay. Teachers of secondary and higher secondary section are paid peanuts and so it hardly grabs the attention of scholarly students,” he added.

Patel, however, mentions that through training imparted in the course, training of grooming teachers’ skills is also given and so it poses no danger to the future of the profession.

“When they come out from BEd college, they possess the required skills,” he said.

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