Teaching & Education

B.Ed is also for a duration of two years and M.A. Also of the same duration. But chances of getting a teaching post after completing your B.Ed are more than M.A. If you complete your B.Ed, you can attempt for written test for B.Ed Assistant in government schools. And if you choose M.A. But after completing your M.A. You have to get qualified in the NET examination of UGC to get a lecturer post in government colleges with UGC scales. Alternatively, you have to complete your M.Phil or Ph.D. And secondly, If you want to do an M.A. You can do it after B.Ed while you are working in the schools and you can also try for promotion as Junior Lecturer in Government Junior Colleges after completing your M.A. In at least second class. The B.Ed is the course that will only help you to be a teacher in any good school. This will not take you far, as the scope is always limited. Hence, please do take the plunge and do take up the M.A. ( Economics ) course only as it helps you to get into the streams of research work in the future.