The first entrance examination for Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) in Uttarakhand would be held on July 10. The entrance examination assumes significance in wake of recent National Council of Teacher Education’s (NCTE) directive which makes only the D.El.Ed qualified candidates eligible for teaching students of the primary classes.
The first D.El.Ed. Entrance examination in the state is being organised by the Ramnagar based Uttarakhand Vidhyalayi Shiksha Parishad (UVSP). The Secretary of UVSP, DR Mathela said that the examination would be held from 10 AM to 12.30 PM on July 10 at 169 examination centres across the State.
He said that the time period of the examination is being increased by half and hour and the question paper would be of 2.30 hours instead of earlier scheduled 2 hours.
The entrance examination is being held for 650 positions of D.El.Ed vacancies in the 13 District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in the state. There are 50 positions of D.El.Ed each in the 13 DIETs of the state and the selected candidates would have to deposit fees of `35000 per year for the course.
The officiating Director of State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), Seema Jaunsari told The Pioneer that the department is fully prepared to initiate two year training course in the DIETs of the state.
She said that the department has also sent a proposal to NCTE to increase the sanctioned seats in the DIETs of Champawat, Bageshwar and Rudraprayag.