(a) Admission for the B. Ed. (Regular) First Year Course run in Government, Non-government Aided, Unaided, Permanently Unaided and Permanently Non Aided Minority Colleges of Education in Maharashtra will be given through the Centralized Admission Process (Govt. CAP) by conducting the Common Entrance Test (CET) according to Merit as follows: This Admission Process will be On-line assisted by computer.

(b) From the year 2015-16, B. Ed. course is of 2 years. CET will be conducted for 1st year      B. Ed. course admission only. After passing first year examination, concern candidate will get admission automatically in 2nd year in same college by paying prescribed fees

Nature of Common Entrance Test (CET):

The CET will comprise of the subjects namely, Mental Ability, Teacher Aptitude and General Knowledge of 50 marks and will be of one hour duration of objective (multiple choices) questions.

Language of CET: Language of CET will be Marathi/English only:

The bachelor of education program generally known as B.Ed is a professional course that prepares teachers for Upper Primary or Middle level (Class VI-VIII), Secondary Level (Class IX-X) and senior secondary level (Class XI-XII). The B.Ed program is duration of two academic years.

Criteria of passing marks for Common Entrance Test (CET)

a) The minimum qualifying marks in CET for Open category candidates should be 18 marks out 50; for B.C. categories candidates 15 marks and for the candidates from Out of Maharashtra Universities belonging to all categories candidate 18 marks for being eligible for admission to B. Ed. Course.

b) Students desirous of seeking admission to English Medium Colleges of Education will have to appear for English Language Content Test (ELCT) along with CET. It is essential for the candidates to secure minimum 18 marks (36%) out of 50.