MODIFIED REGULATORY PROVISIONS FOR THE ADMISSION
PROCESS AND PROCEDURES OF THE TWO YEAR D.EL.ED. COURSE
(REGULAR/FACE TO FACE MODE) FOR THE SESSION 2021-2023
The following regulatory provisions for the Admission Process and Procedures of the
Two Year D.El.Ed. Course (regular/face to face mode), for the session 2021-2023 being
notified, are binding upon the NCTE-recognized Institutions, affiliated to WBBPE:
1. The Board shall invite Session wise applications for admission to Two Year
D.El.Ed. Course (Regular/Face to Face) by issuing a notification.
2. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION (AS IN ANNEXTURE-2 OF THE NCTEREGULATIONS OF 2014):
i) Higher Secondary (+2) or its Equivalent Examination Pass with 50%.
ii) A relaxation of 5% marks (i.e. 45% in Higher Secondary (+2) or its
Equivalent Examination) admissible to SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/PH/EXSERVICEMAN applicants.
iii) For availing oneself of such relaxation facility/ies applicants need to submit
certificates of belongingness to such category/categories, issued by the
competent authorities in the State/Central Government.
The entry qualifications of an applicant belonging to Ex-Serviceman shall be
determined in terms of the memo of the School Education Department no.
598-SE (EE) /PTTI-16/17 dated 08.09.2017 read with the clarification of
MHRD memo no. F. No. 1-22/2012-EE-4(P) dated 23.08.2017, if the
applicant does not have 50%/45% marks in Higher Secondary (+2)
examination.
iv) MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION OF A RECOGNIZED INSTITUTION,
AFFILIATED TO THE BOARD :
a) No Institute listed for admission under this notification shall admit
students of other mediums, i.e. Bengali Medium Institutes will admit
students who have studied Higher Secondary or its equivalent course
with Bengali and English of 100 marks each, while a
Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santhali Medium Institute shall admit students who
have studied their Higher Secondary or its equivalent course with
Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santhali in Olchiki Script of 100 marks each (as the
case may be) and English.
West Bengal Board of Primary Education
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b) No applicant shall similarly be able to apply for admission to such a
D.El.Ed. Institution as does not have the medium in perfect match with
his/her language other than English, studied in the Higher Secondary
(+2) level, i.e. Bengali/ Hindi/Urdu/Nepali/Santhali.
Note: The Board has notified a Medium Wise List of NCTE-recognized PTTI/
D.El.Ed. Institutions, including DIETs on the basis of the faculty/
teaching staff, appointed medium wise by the Institutions and
thereafter, approved by the Board.
3. THE APPLICANT MUST HAVE STUDIED AT THE HIGHER SECONDARY
LEVEL BENGALI/HINDI/URDU/NEPALI/SANTHALI AS A COMPULSORY
SUBJECT, CARRYING THE WEIGHTAGE OF 100 MARKS FOR ADMISSION
TO BENGALI/HINDI/URDU/NEPALI/SANTHALI MEDIUM INSTITUTIONS (AS
THE CASE MAY BE). MUST HAVE ALSO STUDIED ENGLISH OF 100
MARKS AS THE SECOND/OTHER LANGUAGE.
4. INTAKE CAPACITY :
The intake capacity of each institution will be as per the approval of the NCTE
and be displayed against each institute, listed under the Notification for
admission, unless otherwise directed by the competent authorities.
5. The number of the recognized and affiliated institutes (medium wise) shall be
mentioned as annexure to that notice, giving the intake capacity, address and
status of the institute, i.e. Government/Government Sponsored/Government
Aided/Non-government Unaided, meant for Male only/Female Only/CoEducational.
6. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR DIFFERENT CASTES AND
CATEGORIES:
a) SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B-certificate/s, issued by the authorities of other states
shall not be valid.
b) A PH certificate shall be valid, if it is issued by a Medical Board of a
Government Hospital, headed by the Superintendent of the Hospital.
7. RESERVATION OF SEATS:
(a) Reservation Rules and Regulations of the Government of West Bengal,
modified up to date under notifications/orders, for admission to educational
and training institutions, shall be followed
(b) Four Percent (4%) of the seats of a D.El.Ed. Institution, listed for admission,
shall be reserved for the applicants who have studied Vocational Course at
the Higher Secondary (+2) Stage and have acquired the minimum
percentage 50%. For filling up such seats under Vocational Course Category
no relaxation whatsoever in terms of Caste/PH/Ex- Service Man Category is
admissible.
(c) Not more than 5 (five) seats in D.I.E.Ts, Govt./Govt. Sponsored/Govt. Aided
Primary Teachers’ Training Institutes will be kept reserved for in-service
primary teachers, appointed before 03.09.2001 and having 50% or 45% (as
the case may be) at the Higher Secondary (+2) Examination. Such teachers
will have to be duly deputed by the competent authority.
Note: In case of non-availability of such candidates the seats shall be filled
up from among the wait-listed candidates in order of merit.
(d) Ten (10) percent of the total intake of a Self-financed Non-Government
unaided Institution shall be reserved under ‘Management Quota’. No such
reservation will be there in case of a Government/Government
Sponsored/Govt. Aided institution. In case of such reservations, admission
procedures and other terms and conditions for admission, as prescribed,
should also be maintained strictly. A separate institution wise merit list for
this category will be prepared and maintained.
(e) An institution which is allowed to admit both Christian and Non-Christian
students shall admit students from each section as per the guidelines in the
order.
Note: In case of non-availability of students under one section, the wait-listed
students of the corresponding other section shall be allowed in order of merit
and according to the prescribed guidelines.
8. AGE:
There shall be no lower age-limit. Upper Age limit as on the first day of July of
the year of Notification for such admission shall be 35 Years for General
Category candidates, 40 Years for SC and ST candidates, 38 Years for OBC-A
& OBC-B candidates, while for PH-candidates it shall be 45 years.
The upper age limit for an Ex-Serviceman Applicant shall be 55 Years, whereas
in case of an in-service primary school teacher, appointed prior to 3rd
September, 2001, there shall be no such upper age limit, if he/she is duly
recommended by the concerned DI of Schools (PE) and has the minimum
percentage of marks (50% or 45% as the case may be) in his/her Higher
Secondary (+2) or equivalent Examination.
9. APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
The intending applicants, eligible in terms of the eligibility criteria, stipulated in
the Notification of the Board, published in the News Papers or official websites:
www.wbbpe.org & http://wbbprimaryeducation.org or both shall apply online
within and before the stipulated last date, as per the given instructions,
annexing/uploading relevant scanned or photocopies of the documents, such as
: Admit Card of Madhyamik Pariksha or Equivalent Examinations as proof of
age, Mark-sheet of Higher Secondary (+2) or its Equivalent Examinations, Selfphotograph (as per specifications), Caste & Category Certificate (where
applicable), PH Certificate (where applicable), Scanned Signature of the
applicant, Pension/Service Booklet/Certificate as Ex-Serviceman (where
applicable) and domicile certificate, issued by the concerned BDO for Santali
Medium applicants.
10.PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING THE APPLICATIONS:
i. The filled in admission forms will have to be submitted for the listed
institutions, selected by the applicants medium wise
ii. Thereafter, the forms will automatically be transferred to the login of the
institutions
iii. All the institutions shall have secret login and pass word, provided by the
Board, for access online to the submitted forms
iv. The Heads of the Institutions will, then, verify and scrutinize the particulars
submitted by the candidates
v. They will validate or invalidate the applications online through such scrutiny
and verification
vi. Next, they will transfer online admission forms to the Board.
vii. The Board will prepare the merit lists digitally, placing all the valid
applications in order of merit
viii. Thereafter, the Board will forward the approved merit lists to the respective
Institutions for admission.
ix. The institutions will intimate the selected candidates from the approved
merit lists serially through SMS/WhatsApp/E-mail and also inform them of
subsequent steps to be notified by the Board.
11. CALCULATION OF MERIT :
The name of the examination should be Higher Secondary (+2) or as mentioned
in the Mark-sheet of other recognized Boards or Councils. The total marks
obtained should be the aggregate of the best five, where applicable, including
First or Second Language or both (as the case may be) but excluding EVS
(where it is not an elective subject).
[For example: A student has passed the Higher Secondary Examination with
following scores:
Language I- 60
Language II – 81
Political Science – 68
Geography – 82
History – 62
Philosophy (Optional Elective) – 74
EVS – 88 (not an Elective Subject)
Now the calculation of percentage shall be made on the basis of the best five
scores, e.g. {(82+81+74+68+62)/5} = 367/5 = 73.4%
*For determination of minimum eligibility the Grand Total marks (where applicable)
will be converted into percentage. In such cases 500 (five hundred) or 450 (four
hundred fifty) (as the case may be) out of 1000 (one thousand) shall mean 50
percent or 45 percent respectively.
Note: In the ‘Best Five Norms’, EVS, if it is not an Elective Subject, shall not be
taken for determination of eligibility or merit.
12. FEES STRUCTURE :
a. Fees for application is Rs. 300/- only and Rs. 150/- only for SC/ST/PH.
b. For Vocational category applicants the application fee is Rs. 300/- only
c. Application fee for In-Service & Ex-Serviceman category seats is Rs. 300/-
only.
13.DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS :
If any institute is found to be admitting or has admitted any student/s in violation
of the aforesaid Regulatory Provisions of the Board, the admission will be
rejected.
14. REJECTION OF APPLICATION / ADMISSION:
i. Any application, submitted incompletely/illegibly/in a falsified manner is liable
to be cancelled without assigning any reason for such cancellation.
ii. The Board reserves the right to cancel any application at any stage in the
process and procedures before or after admission, even if the application is
validated by the concerned institution and the consequent admission upon
the approval of the Board has been made.
15. FOR ALL FUTURE COMMUNICATION THE INSTITUTION SHOULD
MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF THE SELECTED STUDENTS INCLUDING A
MOBILE NUMBER WITH WHATSAPP FACILITY AND E-MAIL ID WHERE
THE STUDENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE.