UP B.Ed 2024: This is how applications decreased
In the last two decades, the craze for B.Ed. studies has increased rapidly in UP and new colleges have also opened. Even now, there are more than 2500 B.Ed. colleges in UP and more than 2.45 lakh seats. Despite having so many seats, there was a lot of competition for admission. There were three times more applications than the number of seats.
| Year | Number of Seats in UP B.Ed | How many applications were received in total? |
| 2021 | 2.51 Lakh | 5.91 Lakh |
| 2022 | 2.25 Lakh | 6.67 Lakh |
| 2023 | 2.45 Lakh | 4.74 Lakh |
| 2024 | 2.45 Lakh | 2.23 Lakh |
UP B.Ed Exam 2024: Not even 20% seats are expected to be filled
Even two years ago, three times more applications were received, even then only half of the total seats could be filled through counselling. In 2021, 1.19 lakh out of 2.51 lakh seats were filled and in 2022, 1.36 lakh out of 2.25 lakh seats were filled. Last year only 61 thousand seats could be filled. This was less than 25 percent of the total seats. This time, the number of applications received is not even equal to the number of seats. In such a situation, B.Ed college managers are worried. They are worried whether even 15-20 percent of the seats will be filled or not.
Regarding this, Vinay Trivedi, the state president of Uttar Pradesh Self-financed College Association, says that the situation is very bad. The main reason for this is the loss of hope of getting a job. The situation can improve only when there are timely recruitments in high schools and intermediate colleges. Apart from this, the requirement of B.Ed to become a teacher in private schools should also be strictly implemented.
NBT Lens: This is why we got disappointed
B.Ed has been a mandatory qualification to become a teacher in many schools (class 6 to 10) since the beginning. While BTC (now B.Ed) is the qualification to teach classes 1 to 5. When people with BTC were not available, the state governments amended the rules and considered B.Ed holders also eligible for basic teacher. Permission was also taken from the Human Resource Ministry for this. But the condition was that those with B.Ed would be given six months of special BTC training.
Last year, when the admission process for B.Ed and BTC was going on, the Supreme Court issued an order that those with B.Ed will not be eligible to teach till class V. The condition of inter colleges and high schools is such that the Secondary Education Service Selection Board has not been able to make recruitments since 2011. The B.Ed qualification is not strictly followed for teacher recruitment in private schools. In such a situation, the hopes of getting a job from all sides ended and people got disillusioned with B.Ed studies.
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