Shiksha Top Questions

MA in Education - The Degree for Teaching Profession specialization in elementary education.
As the education sector is attracting adequate attention in the age of structural adjustment and economic reform, M.Ed is increasingly becoming a preferred career course for many Indians. This has also helped in the growth of the M.Ed career colleges in India. The M.Ed courses in India are generally pursued after the successful completion of the Bachelor of Education courses. It is a Post-Graduate degree course offered at most of the DIET centers across India.
In India, M.Ed is mainly offered by institutions that are recognized by National Council of Teacher Education, New Delhi. It is a government body in charge of improving and implementing teacher education programmes in the country. It is essential to pursue the M.Ed courses, if you are interested in pursuing a teaching career. M.Ed is considered an important course, as it helps the students to learn the education systems and patterns more profoundly and comparatively. In every state in India there are several institutions that offer Master of Education courses. The eligibility criterion for admission to this course is that candidates must pass their Bachelor of Education B.ED from a reputed institution in India.

Hi there,
The department of Law at the Maharshi Daya Nand University, Haryana has a very good review amongst the students for its quality education and well experienced faculty. They have a dedicated placement cell working for good career opportunities to its students.
The Career Counseling and Placement Cell helps the students in their educational and vocational planning. It provides information on employment trends, projects development, recruitment methods, occupational reviews, scholarships and fellowships in India and abroad, assistance in securing part-time/full-time employment/self-employment, and help in seeking admissions in various institutions and universities. The Cell conducts surveys, arranges and organizes training programmes and workshops for development of personality and communication skills to place them on sound footing to face interviews and other challenges in their career.
The Cell is housed in Students Activity Centre and besides the above mentioned services. It also provides need basis personal counselling to the students.
The students from this institution can go on to join law firms, LPO's, MNC's, Corporate offices, offices of senior lawyers at courts, join public or private sectors, judiciary servisec exam and also teaching.
I hope this information proves helpful to you.
Wish you all the very best.

Students who have passed 10+2 (any stream) from a recognized board are eligible to pursue NTT course. I recommend this teacher training course to readers who are interested in teaching at nurseries, Montessori and day care centers. In short, this course suits those who want to teach pre-primary level students.
Nursery teachers deal with kids who have just stepped into the world of formal education. They play a key role in molding the character, morals and habits of children. To thrive in this profession, one must have patience. Interacting with kids is not easy! It is necessary to have good communication skills to succeed in this profession!
Many may think that life is easy for nursery and pre-primary teachers. But the above paragraph shows how this profession is not devoid of challenges and difficulties. Herse a list of qualities and skills required to thrive in this profession:
Patience.
Energy and enthusiasm.
Passion and liking towards teaching.
Good communication skills.
Eye for detail.
Friendly attitude.

A tenured position in academia is vastly superior to a high school teaching job, although the pay might be worse. The hours, the schedule, the intellectual challenge, the students, etc. will all be better. However, you cannot choose to be a professor. You can go to graduate school, get a Ph.D, work constantly for 5-10 years in the process, publish a great deal, teach a lot (at the adjunct level, starting with your Master's degree), and still never get the tenure-track job. Only 29 percent of university and college teachers are on tenured or tenure track now, down from 40 percent ten years earlier. Jobs will typically have 200 applicants. Winners are usually those from the school with the best pedigree (grads of top 12 Gourmet Report schools generate 75% of profs at top fifty graduate schools in Phil), or the candidate with the best-known advisor, and then gender vastly skews the equation. But, don't forget that the interview trumps everything and, so the high school popularity contest will decide the winners among those chosen for interviews.

Hi,
I can suggest you 2 names from DU colleges, for BA Political Science. First preference would be Hindu College and then Ramjas College.
You get quality education in both these colleges. These are very different as compared to the other colleges around. You must know that you beed to obtain good marks in 12th exams.
Delhi University is the most preferred choice of today's youth who want to pursue a UG course in Political Science because of the different quality of education provided there. You are assured to provide a quality education if you decide for B.A. Political Science in any of the colleges mentioned by me.
You will be provided with the chance not only to excel in your academics but also in extra-curricular activities which will help you to transform into a graduate.
Political Science is one of the most famous courses of Delhi University and is opted by many students.
Let me give you some more highlights in both the colleges.
Hindu College is considered as a best college for political science. It has its own parliament that also helps in overall development of students.
At Ramjas College, the department keeps organizing seminars, lecturers by eminent people throughout out the year. Many of the faculty members are associated who are at post-graduate level in the University Department itself.
So, without any fear, you can go for either Hindu College or Ramjas College to pursue BA in Political Science. All the best.
Regards

Hi,
SET is the entrance exam for Law courses in Symbiosis University. I do not think that there are books available in the market that deal specifically with SET. However, you can use the books available for CLAT while you are preparing for SET. If you have enrolled yourself in any coaching institute, the material provided by that coaching institute would be sufficient. If you go through the entire material, it would be more than enough. Apart from that, you can use books like Wren and Martin and Word Power Made Easy for English, Objective Lucent for GK, MK Pandey to cover both verbal as well as non-verbal reasoning. For legal, you can use Andhra Pradesh Bhardwaj.
The important topics are comprehension part in English, Current affairs for the last 6 months for GK, Puzzles for Analytical Reasoning. However, all the subjects should be given equal importance to crack SET with a good rank.

UPES Law Studies Aptitude Test is the entrance exam for Law Degree Courses. The exam is not very different from CLAT. The subjects that are tested in CLAT are also tested here. These subjects are five in number: English including comprehension, General Knowledge, Maths, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning.
The preparation for the exam should start with going through past year papers to identify what topics are relevant and what areas to focus upon. Now coming to books, for English, you can use any book which covers comprehensively all the topics. Focus should be on comprehension part. For GK, you can use Pearson or Lucent. For current affairs, you can refer to monthly magazines. For Mathematics, you can use Quantitative Aptitude by RS Agarwal. the basic topics like percentages, average, profit and loss are essential. For Legal, there is no specific book but going through past year papers of ULSAT and other exams would help. For Logical, you can again use books by RS Aggarwal.

ACLAT is conducted by Alliance University for admissions to its 5-year integrated law courses. The pattern of exam is quite similar to CLAT expect for the fact that legal aptitude constitutes 45 marks and logical reasoning constitutes 45 marks.
There are no specific books in the market for ACLAT. However, if I come to the preparation part, you should start your preparation with going through past year papers which would provide you with a better idea as to what is relevant and what is not.
Then look for the books which cover those topics comprehensively.You can use RS Aggarwal for Maths and logical reasoning. For English, you can use books of Arihant publications or any other. For General Knowledge, you can refer to Arihant and Lucent to cover portions of static GK, Geography, and polity. There is no specific topic which should be focused more except for the fact that more time should be given to the subject that you are weak in.

Hi,
First of all, I think the fact that IMS Law College is comparatively new and a private college gives an edge to Faculty of law, Allahabad University which is a centralised government university. Now, let us discuss pros and cons of both colleges. Pros of Faculty of law, Allahabad University are the faculty and alumni basis which includes many chief justice of India and prominent lawyers. Another pro is the fact that you can intern with some phenomenally well lawyer in Allahabad high court and if you are going for litigation, it can be a good choice. However, the placements of Allahabad University are not really encouraging since it has started 5 year integrated course recently. Moreover, the red tapism is too much in centralised university and autonomy to student body is restricted. Now, coming to IMS Noida, which is among few private university focusing on moots, debates and other co-curricular activities which is a major pro of it. Another pro is the fact that it is in NCR and many good firms are established in NOIDA unlike the case of Allahabad University. The alumni is almost negligible and the high court internship can be tiresome owing to distance issues. Overall, it is upon your preferences whether you want a government university or a university promoting activities other than academic excellence.
Good luck.

Hi,
Since BTC is a two year regular course, you may look for distance courses in any of the subjects you wish to specialize in like B.A/M.A mathematics, psychology, education etc. You may also pursue online courses related to education, education management, education technology etc from portals like coursera.org, EdX. Another option is ignou that offers certificate courses related to psychology, child development, counselling, blended learning, curriculum designing, policy making, subject specific certificate courses are also available. Check few online courses at EdX here:
https://www.edx.org/course/subject/education-teacher-training
Hope this gives you the fair idea of what all you can do with BTC. The only caution you need to take is balancing the two courses simultaneously as it might require lot of rigour.