The Dean of B.Ed receives the NAAC certificate from the UGC Acting Chairman.		The NAAC Peer team at the Exit meeting.

B.Ed. Admissions - 2012-13

Application form and Prospectus can be downloaded from this website from 16-01-2012 to 27-01-2012.
Age limit for fresher candidates: 40 years.

Eligibility: 50% marks in Bachelor's or Master's Degree for General Category and
45% for Reserved Categories, with two school subjects at Graduation Level.

Selection: On the basis of merit, i.e. academic merit, interview and teaching experience.
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The Department

Brief History of the department
The history of Education Department of St. Xavier’s College goes way back to the year 1940. However, it was in the session 1961-62 that the training of teachers through the Department began in a full fledged way. The Department being a part of St. Xavier’s College, which was then one of the colleges under Calcutta University also functioned under the parent university. From 6th March 2006 St. Xavier’s College was declared as an Autonomous College by the University Grants Commission and Calcutta University. Since then we have been functioning as a department under this Autonomous College.

Major Thrust Areas
The education and training of teachers in the development of knowledge, cultivation of positive attitudes and equipping them with skills in this era of globalization, liberalization and privatization.

Achievements of Staff and Students
We can proudly claim to have played an instrumental role in the shaping of individuals with well groomed personalities, with a zest for social reconstruction and a burning desire to transform the unjust social structures of society. Today many of our students have been absorbed by various institutions and continue to play an integral role in education, administration, co-curricular activities and other spheres. The results of our students have almost always been excellent with a large majority of first class holders.

The most important achievement of the staff and students can be summed up by the fact that the department has crossed several milestones not only in the fields of academics but also in other related areas such as administration , social and community service, co-curricular activities both within as well as outside the college. The teacher education programme that the department is involved in continues to focus on the preparation of men and women for others. Teacher’s in the true sense of the term ‘Nihil Ultra’ is the guiding principle that has helped to achieve excellence in all fields.

Research Projects
The faculty and students are involved in small scale research projects through the Social and Community Service Programme, Action Research programme as well as Project related to the several subjects taught in the department such as History , Geography, Life science, Physical science , Mathematics , Bengali, Hindi etc. Two of the senior members of our faculty have completed their Ph.D and one member is currently involved in the completion of her doctorate degree. A senior member of the faculty has completed her M.Ed. which has a research orientation while two of the faculty have completed their M.Phil programme. A senior member of the faculty has undertaken a Minor Research project on Education entitled ‘Achievement in Physics in relation to Aptitude in Physics and Creativity in Physics’.

Infrastructure
Since the department is housed within the campus of the general college it has access to several facilities and can avail of multiple opportunities. The department has spacious rooms, audio visual facilities, tutorials and laboratories for Geography, Psychology, and other science subjects. The computer laboratory offers hand on experience to the trainees.  The Mathematics resource room and the Psychology resource room provide the much needed hands on experience to the students in their respective subjects.