DU College Of Education

Can you provide me the syllabus of B.Ed. course offered by Maharshi Valiki College of Education affiliated to DU or Delhi University as I need it for preparation of my exams?

[Kiran Chandar]

Maharshi Valiki College of Education which is affiliated to University of Delhi was established in 1995 to impart teacher education programme (B.Ed.). It is fully funded by Govt. of NCT of Delhi.

B.Ed. Syllabus

Unit I:
The Constitutional Context Education as a means of social justice in the Indian Constitution; Constitutional values and education (Preamble, Fundamental rights and duties); the Right to Free and Compulsory Education2010 (RTE) and inclusion; Education in the concurrent list and its implications

Unit II:
The Social Context of Educational Policy Challenges posed for education by the socio-cultural and economic context: child-labour, child marriage, displacement and migration; Composition of Indian society and its implications for education: Inequality, discrimination, exclusion and marginalization in the context of language, religion, caste, class, gender, region, and disability; Issues and challenges in the education of Dalits, OBCs, the Scheduled Tribes, girls and religious minorities; the role and agency of teachers in the education of above mentioned groups; Classroom ethos as an area of enquiry from the perspective of children from diverse socio-cultural and economic backgrounds;

Unit III:
A Thematic Focus on Educational Policy A critical review of commission reports and policy documents through a thematic focus, linking the contemporary context with salient debates since independence: Equity in Education: Kothari Commission and the vision of Common Schooling; National Policy on Education 1986 and its review by the Ramamurthy Committee 1992; Yashpal Report 1993 and the National Curriculum Framework 2005; the Mid Day Meal programme, an inclusive space for eating together; Linguistic Plurality and Language Policy: The Language Survey; debates on the ‘medium’ of learning; the ‘three-language formula’ for national and emotional integration, problems of implementation across states. Work and Education: Zakir Hussain Committee, NayeeTaleem or Basic Education; work as a medium of learning, integrating skills with knowledge; Mudaliar Commission, multipurpose schools and citizenship education; critical analysis of the policy discourse on work, skills and vocational education;

Unit IV:
Social and Educational Reform Legacy of social reformers and their vision of education:Phule, Vidyasagar, Ambedkar, Ramabai, Gandhi and others; historical struggles for modernization of education in different regions; Innovations and experiments: Shantiniketan, People’s Science Movement, etc.

Unit V:
The System and its Structures Schools in India: types and affiliation, schools run by autonomous institutions of the Central government (KVS, NVS, Sainik Schools, etc.); schools run by the State Governments; private schools; international schools; looking at institutional structures and stratification within the context of concerns for ‘quality’ and equity; management and public participation; role of key institutions in shaping the policy and discourse of education: NCTE, NCERT, NIOS,Boards of Education, etc; role of Directorates of Education, local bodies, e.g. Panchayati Raj institutions, municipal bodies.

B.Ed. Syllabus