OU Distance Education Bed admission notification 2024-2025 : Distance Admissions wing of Osmania University, Hyderabad has issued the OU bed distance notification 2024 for admission into 2 years B.ED course for trained in-service teachers for the academic year 2024-24. The University would invite the applications through online only from the eligible candidates for admission into B.ED course through Distance Education Centre of Osmania University. The interested candidates can apply for the admissions in online mode from 19th Jan 2019 Last date for registration and submission of filed in online application form without late fees is 15th Feb 2019 The candidates can find the important details related to the OU Distance education notification 2024-24 through this article.
OU Distance B.ED admission 2024
The eligibility criteria of OU distance bed 2024 is different from a regular B.ED course. Osmania University (OU) is one of the popular university preferred by students for pursuing OU Bed distance education 2024. The eligibility criteria of 2 Years B.ED distance education course is from below points. As per the NCTE, New Delhi, the candidates who fulfill the following 3 conditions are eligible for B.ED (ODL) programme
- i) Trained in-service Teacher : Trained in-service Teachers working Govt. Recognized schools in Telangana State
- ii) Face to face mode Teacher Training Course Qualified Teacher: Candidates who have completed a NCTE recognized Teacher Education Programme such as TTC/D.ED or any other course through face to face mode
- iii) Bachelor’s Degree Qualified Teacher: Passed in Bachelor’s Degree i.e., BA/BCom/BSc or any other Graduate Course securing 50% aggregate marks.
However, for candidates belonging to the reserved category i.e., SC/ST.BC and other reserved categories who have secured 40% Marks in the qualifying examination are eligible.
Eligibility criteria for the choice of methodology
| S.No. | Methodology | Eligibility |
| 1. | Mathematics | Candidate with BA/B.Sc with Mathematics as one of the group subjects or BCA candidates with Mathematics at Intermediate level as a group subject |
| 2. | Physical Sciences | Candidates with B.Sc who have studied Physics and Chemistry or material sciences under Part-II group subjects or BCA candidates with Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) at Intermediate level as group subject. |
| 3. | Biological Sciences | Candidates with B.Sc/B.Sc (Home Science) who have studied Botany and Zoology or allied Life Sciences under Part – II group subjects |
| 4. | Social Studies | All candidates with BA/B.Com/BBM and BBA candidates with Social Sciences at Intermediate level as group subject. |
OU B.ED distance Online Application form 2024
The candidates seeking admission into B.Ed (ODL) programme has to register for the course through online by paying Rs.500/-. For online registration visit our website www.oucde.net. After registration the candidates are requested to take print out of Filled-in Online Application form and submit the same at PGRRCDE, OU by enclosing the required certificates (Xerox copies only).
Candidates can also download the prospectus of 2 years (Distance mode) programme from Our website. After Registration the candidates are requested to take the print out of filed in Online Application Form and submit same at Prof. G. Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education, 0 U. by enclosing required certificates. Admissions for the 2 years B.ED(Distance mode) programme
The interested candidates can apply for the admissions in online mode from 19th Jan 2019 Last date for registration and submission of filed in online application form without late fees is 15th Feb 2019. Last date for registration and submission of filed in online application form with late fees of Rs 200/- is 20th Feb 2019
OU Bed distance education 2024 Application Form : Download
Certificates to be enclosed for OU Bed distance education 2024
- 1) Degree Certificate and Degree Memo of marks
- 2) SSC Memo of marks
- 3) Intermediate Memo of marks
- 4) Certificate of TTC or D.ED or any other course recognized by NCTE, New Delhi
- 5) Service Certificate duly signed by the competent authority (District Educational Officer or the concerned competent authority)
- 6) Local candidate or Nativity certificate
- 7) Caste Certificate (If applicable)
- 8) Medical board certificate (in case of differently abled persons)
- 9) No objection certificate from the Employer
The candidates have to enclose the following certificates with the filled-in online application form :
Examination pattern : A 2 tier evaluation shall be used by the institution for the continuous and comprehensive evaluation. The weightage for internal and year end examination will be in the ratio of 30 : 70 (Internals : 30 % and year end examination = 70 %.
Osmania university bed distance education 2024 Admission Procedure
Admissions shall be made on the basis of the service seniority to the extent of sanctioned intake of 500 seats and the Reservation policy of the Govt. of Telangana will be followed. The allotment of the seats for the different categories of students will be made as per the guidelines given by the School Education Department, Govt. of Telangana through G.O.Ms. No.13 dt. 27.05.2017.
| S.No. | Methodology | Percentage of seats |
| 1. | Mathematics | 25% |
| 2. | Physical Sciences | 30%. Interchangeable keeping 10% of the seats minimum and 20% of seats maximum in each methodology |
| 3. | Biological Sciences | |
| 4. | Social Studies | 45%. Interchangeable keeping 10% of the seats minimum and 15% of seats maximum in English methodology |
Contact Programme and Study Centres : The contact programmes during summer and winter vacation and other academic activities will be conducted in the study centres located in the following Districts / Towns
- 1) Hyderabad
- 2) Ranga Reddy
- 3) Mahaboobnagar
- 4) Nalgonda
- 5) Medak
- 6) Nizamabad
Intake : As per the permission of NCTE, New Delhi the intake for the B.Ed (ODL) programme is 500 seats. These 500 seats will be allocated for 10 study centres located in OU jurisdiction, depending upon the number of admissions in each Study Centre. Each Study Centre is given 50 students in a given session.
Duration of the Programme : The duration of the B.Ed (ODL) programme shall be of 2 years. However, students shall be permitted to complete the programme within a maximum period of 5 years. The commencement and completion of the programme shall be so regulated that 2 long spells of vacation (Summer / Winter) are available to the learners guided / supervise instruction and face to face contact sessions.
OU Bed distance education 2024 Fee Details : Rs.20,000/- per annum [(B.Ed. ODL) first year – Rs.20,000/- and B.Ed (ODL) second year Rs.20,000/-]. The candidates have to pay the course fee through online
As per the NCTE norms the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) programme is a professional programme that prepares teachers for upper primary, secondary as well as senior secondary levels. The Bachelor of Education programme (B.Ed) in ODL mode is a professional programme for in-service teachers and it is a second degree in teacher education, primarily intended for upgrading the professional competency of working teachers in the upper primary, secondary schools and senior secondary level who have entered the profession without formal secondary teacher training. As per NCTE norms B.Ed (ODL) programme aims at preparing in-service teachers for the secondary stage education.
OU Bed distance education 2024-2025 Official website