B.Sc. - B.Ed.
Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP)
B.Sc-B.Ed (Secondary)
IIT Kharagpur adds yet another new programme at the undergraduate level. The newly established School of Education of this institute is going to offer the Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) from the academic session 2023-24. ITEP is a dual major programme, with one major in Education and another in any of the currently offered disciplines such as Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Economics. The following are the salient points of the ITEP:
- Under ITEP, IIT Kharagpur offers B.Sc-B.Ed (Secondary) with Majors in four different disciplines namely Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Economics.
- A student will be allotted any one of the above disciplinary Majors based on his/her rank/score secured under the National Common Entrance Test (NCET).
- In addition to Disciplinary Major, the students are required to choose one Minor of their choice each from the abovementioned list except the one which is already allotted as a Major.
- The Minor ought to be from a disciplinary area other than the one related to the chosen Major.
- The students who have passed class XII in Science Stream having Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in the combination of subjects are eligible to apply for any of the above disciplinary Majors.
- Admission to the programme will be through the National Common Entrance Test (NCET) to be conducted by the National Testing Agency.
- Candidates who have secured marks greater than or equal to the cut-off marks of their respective category are eligible to apply for B.Sc-B.Ed 2023 admission at IIT Kharagpur.
The curriculum and prospectus-cum-admission brochure will be uploaded soon on the institute website (https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/). The prospective candidates are advised to visit the IIT Kharagpur website to get further updates in the future. For admission test-related matters, they must visit the NTA website (https://www.nta.ac.in/) and/or the NCTE website (https://ncte.gov.in/Website/Index.aspx).