UNESCO State of Education Report for India 2021: Teachers 

Teacher Educator Interview Responses
[This is a pre-analysis questionnaire to collate the responses. Please fill in the responses of each of the respondents for the following questions (for instance if there are three respondents, we enter all the three responses here). Give examples wherever relevant. Response for each question to be collated as a set so that summaries can be written later. Response to each question will be a paragraph of several responses 
Interviewer: Aditi Rawat from Delhi – interview date: 11.30 am 03.07.21 interviewing Prof Paramjeet, Prof in Punjab college: Master Mind College of Education. – 
Qualification: MA English, MPhil Education from Patialia, Punjab University, - MEd. 12 years experience. Teaching from 2010 1st Sept. BEd 2 year and ETT – DLEd course conducted by SERT Punjab.
For II: For each of the programs offered, is full component of seats being filled? Is the admission stable/ decreasing or increasing? :
BEd, ETT – DLEd Course offered.
BEd programme 100 seats total intake for BEd, 50 seats in DLEdD one unit in DLEd. 2015-2017, 2016-2018 200 students, 2005 starting 100 seats 2008 some years we ran with 200 seats. Presently 100 seats for BEd.
There is job less sector, in Punjab scenario actually there are so many other opportunities like students liking to go abroad planning to settle their life by doing the some other technical jobs. They just take reference in foreign university after 6-7 years they get PR and are comfortable. In our state, in Punjab there are so many portions in schools are lying vacant, government not ready to fill in the posts. There are going to rationalize government schools are not ready get filled the posts. Govt not ready to fill the posts. Students feel have no scope for such kind of course. We see students get admission to BEd after on e or two semesters they dropout. The reason because they say we are taking admission to fill in the gaps in our education actually we are trying to go abroad, preparing for……….., tofel, gre. They complete the documents and get admission, finally in 3rd or 4th semester they go abroad and dropout. You can check the data from the official websites if we are seeking ratio 13:1 – ……. Some commission has recommended but there is no implementation or one more thing there firstly there is pre-practice is mandatory, subject paper is mandatory, these are the reasons students are not taking interest such type of course especially BEd course also no scope to get chance to get a govt job. In DLED, ETT presently 2020-22 batch we had applied the course we did not get a single student. Reason behind Govt had notified there is graduation is eligibility for DLED course, previously +2 was the criteria for admission, last year State Govt of Punjab said 50% minimum marks from graduation candidate can apply for DLED. Private college and some other go for High court and after 1 ½ years they notified that +2 candidates can apply and graduation is not mandatory Govt college elementary teacher training, there is also so many seats lying vacant. 
Yes when firstly it was introduced 2 year course the admission were very low next year it was clear that 2 year course also mandatory but it cannot be removed or something. The students feel that one or two years……. Its ok. (to chalega) Initially it was poor next year we had good admission. In Punjab  recently in 2020-22 now is going on for BEd fully in Punjab 30 to 40% and more than 40% seats is vacant we have 100 seats 75 seats in 20-22 previously 19-20 we had only 49 admissions. 
When the batch started it was 55 and 6 or 7 students left the course within 1 year or 1 semester. 
For III 3.1: Is the college getting enough students from all streams(language, arts, biology, phy+math, commerce and any other stream) 
Yes actually the admission criteria depends on university notification if there is notifited thast we just get only admit 40 studnets in science then we cannot admit more than 40 studnets.
No they are lying vacant in all streams especially only one students from commerce stream. For Science stream students come lastly, in 18-20 batch How many students we had, all the students, most of the students get Govt jobs in this session. Recently Punjab Govt vacancies recruited science posts. I feel 20- 22 students from our college got job in maths and science. 
Yes science and maths we get students and students from SST Punjabi language we get. Students adopted English teaching now we have 26 students coming presently batch. Last batch, we have two batches in BEd one is in final year fourth semester and 2nd batch are in second semester. The fourth semester, 1st batch we had 8 students from Arts stream teaching English. Total students 49 in that 9 english languages, Commerce stream 1 students, 26 students to teach English 74 total students. In all the streams children take admission., commerce is lower, lifescience combination also we get less number of fine arts we do not have home science also we do not have we get enquiries form one or two. Still we are not able to get admitted such students, there is no approval. The problem of faculty also there.   
For III 3.4: Are they getting enough men and women from all streams?(about proportion of boys and girls to each of the stream)
Last 10 years I feel with us 100 seats is filled 23 – 24 boys will be there and remaining all are girls. When I did my BEd in 2005 from this college, that time we are 35 boys and 65 girls for BEd. This is not a we can say in confusion I am surely saying declined in boys taking admission ratio to take BEd courses is very low. Reason boys looks like BED foreign going technical skill we are going another problem degree college is also there graduations are there DAV college Indira college government college earlier in DAV 5000 to 6000 ratio of students for graduation were there but no only 3500 or 3200 students are there now. BSC no students BED also we get less students. Yes exactly they are thinking that BED what to do. Most of the girls are doing BED survey on 100 or 200 students from different college say that for matrimonial purpose they are doing BED is mandatory to get married or matrimonial I failed to understand why they are saying this is this is there in Punjab where for matrimonial purpose when looking for alliance they ask if the girl has done BEd????

For III 3.2 and 3.3:  What are the perceptions about quality of students they are getting? Is quality of students changing? In what way?
During 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012-13 when we talk about, Earlier it was 1 year course those children used to show more interest and were doing hard work (mehanat kar tha tha.) they were joining after qualifying entrance tests. Through Management quota also we used get admission 13 seats. Then the quality of the students were very good about their interest towards studies was good. The children were smooth (lavaris) waned to study well they knew if they study they get job and opportunities were also there with them. Now this is becoming a Job less sector it looks children think what we will do after completing BEd course which job we can go very low scope in such kind of course. But if we say Science Maths stream children are very good …… Children from Science and Maths stream, children are hard working, interested in studies, they know the concept. In BEd course what is there to study in the subjects of maths and science (me aisa pada nahi hota) there is methodology  and also teaching skills is there, they attend exams subject master/mistress …. Inko kam ata hai Students from BSC BA Bcom what ever they have done those children are good. Quality is improved with science students.  Students from Humanities especially those who have studied Physical education in their graduation and Political Science such students quality is down. They are having very good handwriting also, not very good in communication skill, some other if they feel what is psychology, whats the use of studying psychology, what happens if we study psychology, (manovijnan pado se kya hotitehy hai) what is the work of philosophy in education, why to study philosophy they have some doubts they are not satisfied with such things. 
III-3.8:  What are the Soc-economic profiles of students coming into the program?
In our college most of the students are coming from village our college is located there 13 kms away from city. So most of the students are from rural areas. They belong to farmer family normally we feel we face problem when we are getting fees normally most of the students we will submit after the exams we will submit when we get the money from the agricultural crops or some other sources. You can take a certificate, we will get the certificate after paying fees. I feel social economic status of the students not very low but they are not from very good families they can afford fees of the college easily. Our college charges fee of Rs.80,000 for two years , It looks like that as they are not from a good economic conditions we have lot of students ask us for a concession in the fees. Earlier metric scholarship was introduced then many colleges got lot of admission. Even we cannot run the institution free of cost. Most of the students who have moved out Government have not given any scholarship. Even we did not charge them as they are from the reserved category Most of the students  make use and availed of this opportunity as they are from a social economically very low and backward level they too admission saying government will give fees etc to them. Recently during elections time they transferred some amount in the children bank account. If we see how their socio economic status and about their families they say they are from middle  families having 5 acres of land such stauts children also come to us.  
III-3.9:  What are the other jobs the students go to? 
Apart from teaching, there is other jobs like students go to SPL or PSI It depends upon eligibility criteria and the age factor. In Punjab There are 28 or 29 years eligible for police job.  While they are doing BEd in their age eligibility vacancies are coming they go for that jobs. but they don’t have the vision what they are doing and what they do if they go to police job while studying BEd teacher become I have seen mission or vision teaching regarding this is not there I feel. Any job comes in their way forest dept, banking the children they are ready to avail. Families are also facing financial crisis they are not holding so many expenses regarding the education for their children so students feel firstly I should get the job. Any job come in the way we have to go. Private or opportunity we get and another thing is we feel the children who are in job like army people they are working for government or army they are coming to BED course they get permission, NOC they get and they will be in the job take salary and make admissions when they are retired from army then they can apply for teaching jobs also. For them age exemptions will be there otherwise 38 years is the age limit or 42 years in army and ex service men age bar is not there. Such children also come and join here.
-	Which other profession they go other than teaching:
The children who join teaching jobs, who study BED they leave the profession and go. We have few students who have joined IELTS centres who are giving services in IELTS coaching. One of the student is giving service in immigration Consultancies. We can say they are doing as a counselor in immigration consultancies. We can also say students are doing some other things specially there is no information may be international bodies attached teaching india, byju, there are some institutions they have joined. They are creating youtube channels, while working in schools they are doing. Doing youtube channels for science they also record records. Even during lockdown our students have uploaded lectures in youtube channel. 
II-3.10: What was their motivation to join TE training?
Another reason is motivation they get of job in science stream, they get job. They are motivated by others. Its ok we will do BEd its only 2 years course Government job are coming, for Science stream if we are selected they recruit teachers, in this on reason they get admission. There is another trend dummy admission also in presently all over India I feel this is going on. They take admission its ok only exams we have to attend presently during covid and lockdown time students took more admission for such courses, 2 years course and online exams we will take. This is what they think and some college have got a lot of admissions. 
Motivation is that about the science teachers how much guidance they give they talk closely, this is also a motivation for them to decide we will take admission in BEd course. Secondly job less sector we will do ETT or DLED. For primary teachers do not get good salary in private schools. But BED teachers are there private convent they will get the sufficient salary some of the teachers. This is also one of thinking decision and after completing BSc they don’t get admission for Master degree so its ok we will join BEd. When they take up a job they get an opportunity to complete Masters through private or correspondence. In BED they have no such provisions. Students will get the admission for BEd as a correspondence course.  
V- 4.1 What do students like in the program?
IV-4.2 What are the difficulties the students face during/about the program?
Regarding BED programme challenges academically more problems subjects they have. In our university philosophy paper in that topics are there they have to pragmatism idolism in philosophy, challenges will be there like skills, teaching skills, in that they feel we how to teaching practice we have teaching practice children go to teach normally Punjab government, has said they can go to  government school for practicing teaching, When they are going to government school they are facing challenges for teaching practice students are coming from rural area they are found very poor family they are not ready to study in the class because when they come to the school at 8 o clock. After 2 to 3 hours they are ready to move from the school. They feel we have to go for work family sake that’s why for home they should gather some sticks for fire wood because they are poor children and widows children, how can they concentrate on studies they cannot study, they say that we have to study, by studying what job we have to do, they have no vision We have to do physical work, laborer job, What vision shall we carry like this they face many challenges. When they go to college in college they face more challenges subject regarding, they feel that any stream they might be like BA, BCOM BEd is a different course, and assembly why we are doing why we are wearing uniform and com. like these some of the challenges are they are. They co-up with the challenges. For interaction we get time.  We conduct lots of activities in the college’s seminars, professionals lectures, tours are arranged they enjoy activities and they feel they have school children like second time they have come to school. You see those children as if your children are being taught. They are children of some parents. Think that they are your children and how they expect from you. Otherwise it will be a problem. It wont be good.
IV-4.5 What all do they learn from the program? 
About children learning, what they learn about that. Its like that, see… the paper is there which is mandatory have to read all its important for course completion. From us we feel like we are organizing different extent of lecturing zone on different things, women psychology, social activities, in recently in our university there is a paper engagement with cumulative services, it’s a practical and there will be viva for that, regarding that we make children visit the cumulative services providing institution. From there children will get to learn many things like they go for blood banking, we organize blood banking programs. We are just trying to get social values among the students so that they can serve for society, we are trying. From my case I feel in 11 or 12 years I never organize function in college though which I can say vulgarity can be shone. Vulgar songs are not allowed in our college. Teaching in co education college. We feel that we don’t give anything against culture or system to children. We try best during sports meet, during another functions they should get the things, they should get values. We expect that they learn some things like that from us.
IV-4.6 Feedback from the schools: What feedback TEs get from school about their student teachers/ newly recruited ones? Are there any comments about their Industry readiness (examples if any)?
  Always we get good feedback positive feedback from school heads actually during teaching practice they give assignment to student regarding library, cash book and book details, practical data from the student. Government duty to the teachers, when they organise survey in villages then they take the help of our students. Recently our DLED students and BEd students support the teachers  for the admission process in government schools because in Punjab there is a slogan “each one bring one” That one should bring a student or a child to school hence we can see Punjab has become no.1 in education recently. They made a survey, DGPS survey in Punjab ….Rishi Kumar he has put a link which says Punjab is number 1 in education. I think it was lower than Delhi but state wise it was good. The feedback we get regarding the children its good. Specially Its not verbally but in university and there is SERT and we have to produce documents. The number which you are giving for assessment, for their skill in teaching, for the experience, what the schools feedback and they give it in writing good feed back we get about our children. When they go for teaching our college faculties also give visit and check how they teach, check if any problems are there, how their note books are. Not only that teachers are happy with the students even our students are very comfortable during practice teaching. They said, “We enjoyed a lot there was mid day meal, children respected us,” When children face new teachers, they make repo with the new teachers. So students also saying that they feel very comfortable while in practice teaching.
IV-4.7 What kind of feedback do students give to TEs after the completion of the program/after entering the industry  
Regarding that we take student feed back form. We have got from university website and some other website we have arranged. It that most of children has given good feed back. In btech the bed course was more advantageous, there is teacher eligibility test, and sports regarding skills required to teach children has helped. Otherwise if we talk ,We don’t get feed back regarding science, math other particular their subjects. Because we cannot make them. We can guide children on child pedagogy, we have test paper on that regarding. There will be many doubts like social life and life skills these topic will be cleared by external lectures and resource persons. On that they talk positively like this was good, function was good, external lecture was good.

V- in the section on TET collate about what are the views about TET?
•	Student’s perceptions about TET
Students they get admitted to this course they are 21-22 year old. If they complete BEd in two years, hey are so many years to avail opportunity for taking up govt job. They will think there are so many students are doing this course, every one cannot be good teachers and everyone will not get government job their perception while doing BED we can take up training  ….. They don’t keep BEd as priority during BED course but they give more preferences for their Masters In this regard they feel that there is opportunity we will use this and take up a job as early as possible or this is good else in this crowd getting merit is difficult and while in the race of merit they may get less number in BSC BA it’s a chance for them they can use it. Transparency is there this is good they feel.
•	Teacher educator’s perceptions about TET
•	How student have performed in TET?

Sir u spoke abt your Punjab  state teacher eligibility test. We talk about that in further parts, criteria to accire jobs thetthat there is this criteria after that u r eligible for job. Out of how many students apply for such test. If we consider 74 students how many of them in your knowledge apply for such exams.
Mam if we consider 74 students all of them apply for such exams after a year. because all are eligible.
What is the passing rate in applied students?
In that passing rate, if we consider 74 students, 3 to 4 students has no interest in it like to join PSET.. Even before BEd they’ll be working as teachers in private colleges, they will be having good salary its essential to have BEd to become REGULAR or permanent  staff, 10 12 students will be like that. If 60 students have applied in first year that is in second semester only 10 will be able to qualify.
is your college help in such preparations. 
Yes, as per the need of students. We don’t run any special tutorial or classes, when students seek help to prepare for such course then we provide help in both online and offline. Other notes also. After second year they are eligible, the qualifying ratio from 10 : 12 is increased to 30 : 40. After that there is a paper that is subject paper that can only given after the completion of BEd course. On that we don’t have any data. We get information only they come here to collect character certificate or if they have any back log at that time we get data.
Ok sir what is your perception about PSTED exam. What is your opinion on this exam.
As government has introduced in 2011. In that it was good. To create merit they have made test . In my perception its ok. the government is not interested to check students. Governmentt is not checking students. Its like government does not has enough posts it is putting a filter. They say how to filter. The bed was qualification but now they say exam paper has leaked. Every time Punjab government is revising the results. Now after 5 years they r giving grace marks, by then the person is over aged. If a person completed BEd in 2011-12. There was no post advertisement. When in 2013 post advertisement was released the person was over aged. Bed is good, it has to there, but I am thinking if there is no job after 3 years there should not be any over age. What a person is not getting job especially teaching there should not be any over age. If he is finishing then he should apply. If he is qualifying means he should be eligible for job. Its not like that he is 38 years of age and he should not apply for government job
V 5.4: What were TE’s response to TET pass rate in comparison of their college with others. Comment on answer for 5.4 
VI section: each question is important:
VI 6.1: Where are the students employed after completion? How do they look for jobs? – CAMPUS PLACEMENT CELL
We have created a whatsapp group of students whenever the advertisement is released we share that. Specially, in ……… there is district employment officer and one of the faculty member if I say I am also a Nodel officer this thing. If Punjab government has announced any vacancies in the District Employment Officer he will share the posts advertisement details in the group created – which school - Private School, government school, police vacancies, whatever the vacancies details are received from all our faculty members data will be shared. otherwise we do not have placement cell. Among the children who ever comes to us we will fill the forms, if they enquire by phone or if they contact us we will inform them like that there is a vacancy and the criteria. There was a scheme in Punjab GHAR GHAR ROJAGAR every home there is opportunity to get the job but they are just in the advertisement government is announcing lot of job advertisements and they are organizing big big job fares during lockdown all things are failed. We do not have….. repetition. of the above para     
VI 6.3: What proportion seek government jobs? 
Now last year 2020 government had advertised for vacant posts. From our college more 22 students availed the government job. The student ratio is 79. At that time we had 79 students we have the records they came to collect character certificate. They would have collected the character certificate earlier but if it is required for some specific posts, we will not have the details in our data 20 25 students its ok. Especially teaching they have gone, they came to us, previous batch one or two from 2015-17 they get jobs in English post also. This is how it is the children come to us, it depends on the government especially regarding recruitment for those who have completed the course in 2020 and 2020-21 if the vacancies arise they will be eligible for the same. From our college at least 10-12 students definitely get the jobs. If the vacancies are announced 2 to 3 years late like 2023-24 they students will not be in touch with us. I don’t have the authentic data to share with you.   

VI 6.4: And what proportion got government jobs?
I 6.5: All about campus interviews. Affiliation to private schools. About selection and appointment.
VI 6.6: What is the starting salary in private schools?
When they are fresher it depends on candidates fluency, subject knowledge, It depends on individual how they attend interview, Schools conduct interview and declare which classes should be allotted. If the student is very good and his subject knowledge is very good they may get into the high school  9th  and  10th , usually they avoid 10th they will be having board exams for that they need to prepare so otherwise they give 9th, Plus one. Where they are appointed where the teacher goes it depends on the expense of the school. If school has budget they give salary Rs.20000, Rs.21000, Rs.18000. Most of the schools we see that especially in Bathinda we say that Rs.7000 Rs.8000 per month they give salary even if they are of Science subject teachers. Most of the things we are seeing in private colleges also even if they are from UGC NET candidate they get 13000 most of the college if the candidate subject is master in science or even if they have studied BED they get 13000, 14000, otherwise if they teach in degree college even if they has MSC chemistry or MSC Bio oir whatever they are being paid a salary of Rs.8000.00 
VI 6.7: Entry into NGO who are working in education sectors. 
I have not data / information about students working for NGOs Now we don’t have any data. During teaching practice we have seen Prayas International school and Red Cross Indian Society school is runnning this. private institutions in Bathinda who prepare competitive exams they undertake schools. They adopt schools like Prayas International School, We have seen our 2-3 children are sent for practice teaching. They join with NGOs and work. We do not have any data about the students who have jointed NGOS I have no information about it. For Teaching practice we always try and to send our children to NGOS we attach them with NGOs.
VI 6.8: Are there examples where students are pursuing other careers related to education?

VII: Information about TE’s institutional experience
7: kinds and extent of challenges from students: (for example quality of students)
7.2:Employment related challenges.(tenure, salary and Faculty development opportunities)
Most important challenges I feel when one of our faculty member is trying to go for a seminar in university or some other colleges and our management not feel comfortable to allow the teacher. Most of the time and not for every all teachers this happens but many teachers because there some teachers are adhoc some are on regular basis they are saying we are going for refresher course university and it is very clear colleges will not charge not liable to pay such thing. Universities where we are going to attend that university will pay TA DA and some other expenses. Again sometime we are facing such challenges. Sometime we have to say that its good, good for the college. When you fill NACC profile there is advantage for college also. Some of the things they understand when we say. That’s why then they allow. Otherwise normal challenges for the faculty are as they wish to go for PHd there will be course work you should go they tell that they should go for 6 or 7 months and without pay, no salary and some other things incentive give to you then when you are somewhere else. There will be some of such challenges. Otherwise it is good we say that we have to invite teachers for external lecturer for children, conduct seminar indeed, in 11 years I have organized 2 or 3 national seminars in our college, I was the organizing secretary and at that time my experience is very good. Some of the challenges we are facing like wise salary and some other thing also.
Faculty development opportunities are very low in such type of organisations. Salary is also one issue because of colleges are charing very high fees to students when they are on part of giving salary to them then they can say you should take 9000 10000 for adhoc teachers may be is he/she is UGC NET in such type of things and sometimes the faculties ready to suffer low salaries, when  they go for 3 day leave for some other might liability or family things she goes for an exam or refresh course attending seminar they will allow very easily some time they make them feel guilty. Psychologically they torcher the person., 
They are saying you should be responsible for students you should be ready to provide service to the students, you cannot care for your family, what to do after studying. You r staying in college, especially when some one ask leave for  their children exam, they say what will u do for children here. They try to hinder the processes because, somebody say I go for 3 day seminar and someware they feel that why you are gong for this thing, what you do going there, what to do, for 3 day exam here . actually there wont be any disturbance, most of the times they will be saying  if you want go you go but you wont get any TADA. Go at your personal expense. Where ever they are going there will be advantage for college, it will be added to profile. What you do for faculty development, what you do for research, there are some these kind of challenges otherwise its all good. 
.3:Comments about NCTE regulations if any?
NCTE is a regulating body which works on regulations of institutions. but Some times when introduce rules most of the time it wont be clear for the college that what NCTE is trying to say. Secondly its autonomous body in which college is affiliated. Sometimes there are contradictions between NCTE and University norms. Recently they have asked to upload data to online portal, web site. I remember that it was in Delhi, it was in Punjab, I remember that it was in Jaipur. Many colleges from Punjab went there. They have allotted the days. I personally went there they required the digital signature of principal, college profile latitude and longitude and we uploaded all the information. Recently they have asked similar data. They tell that whats the criteria for 100 seats, for 200 jobs this will be that criteria. With that if we go to university they tell some thing else, that according to university criteria these are the norms for recruitment, these are eligibility criteria. It wont say that NCTE is not working properly, it should not be there. It should be an regulatory body which provides books and magazines, which publishes journals which is mandatory in collages. Many of the colleges has their subscriptions, even we have their subscriptions. There is no much check on that like how colleges are working, if any candidate wants to pursue PhD there shod be some provisions in NCTE for scholarships and incentives. The faculty could develop themselves. Its interfering in college. Its not that NCTE should punish the college, it should take notice of college. It should be supportive in improvements. If they are running NCTE to develop regional institutes. If u are working on a project all the institute should take the responsibilities. They should participate in such kind of things.
Our college is affiliated to university when university tells something to give mandatory proforma before commencing new session. In the mandatory proforma in their parameters such as who many regular faculty do you have, how many principle you have or you don’t have, what are the facilities you have to continue the course. We fill all these things which they give after that the mandatory proforma is signed by Dean, it will be submitted to university which conduct entrance exam. Due to this the proforma is not filled and signed in concerned body. These are the issues and university itself in a problem due to this many things will be delayed. Like last year there was an on gong exam for BEd. Then we got a notification from Punjab university Patiala that till this date you can do for new divisions also. We didn’t understand this that if there is an ongoing semester exam how can we take a new division when will be their exam. They told they’ll take 3rd semester exam along with 1st semester. There are these things which we have issues and face challenges. Suddenly they started online that you fill the examination form in examination portal. We had purchased offline forms from university, they asked to return them. We returned them and there is no reversement from them. Likewise there are few financial difficulties from university. All universities have these issues. Like Punjab university Patiala which is in huge financial crises. It lacks clarity for few things. We know only about this university. the criteria for application who will regulates this. Sometimes they say you can only appoint faculty for MEd. It woud only approved for one year. Later we get new notification

 

7.4: Comments about the affiliating body to which they are attached to.
7.5: Comments about affiliating schools for practice teaching
7.6a:Views on 4- year program as per NEP 2020
You are talking about the new policy that is BEd after BA. If I talk about this I have to read on this. I have read the new policy of education. Even I was thinking of discussion with experts. Otherwise whatever is there on new policy on education. Whatever is therein it, I totally discarded. I’m not in the favour of NPE which is new. Recently on June 30 there was a survey which was going on. There is an application to send to the President of India. They are asked to sign under, Whether you in support or against NEP. They have mentioned many points by professors of New Delhi they have stated many things which r not good in the policy. That four year thing is also not good. Even it comes that four year thing it will close many colleges who are running single course of BEd and MEd, it will be harmfull for them.   
7.6 b: What is their say on present two year B.Ed? should it be continued or not?
I feel that there is no big advantage of 2 year BEd program. Its very clear from 4 -5 years. When it was started in 2015 we didn’t know how to say in a single year. Now in 2 year course there is no much advantage rather children are charged more fee, secondly if we talk about 2 years. They haven’t introduced any thing new. They have just added teaching practice of one year. If they are going for teaching practice in a government school. They are getting advantage of free teachers for 6 month. Hence they are not recruiting any new teacher. They are doing this every year and they’ll continue this for next year and they are managing on children. They are sending school teachers for different job, what is the necessary for new vacancy. We were teaching some papers like 5-6 year back that development of Indian education in that black board paper was mandatory now its not there. There is no black board writing in bed. In our Punjab there is no black board writing. We don’t know its added to which semester, Instead they have added art education paper which has no benefit. The art education which in the syllabus. I feel that there is no advantage of 2 year course. Earlier it was 9 month if they make it 1 year its ok. If they make into two semesters or of 1 yr. now the advantage of semester is to university. in 2 semester they will make the children repeaters or fail. Then they will fill recheck and revaluation. Its an earning for university.

VIII: About COVID related issues: (Preparation, learning using technology, access to technology for self and students? Any novelty brought in and so on)
What is the criteria of admission in your college – presently this is like this. last   year entrance exams were there. Actually our college cannot decide on its own. They  are different university ….. affiliated to Punjab University, Patialia university the State university, are there GND University, Gurunanak university, Punjab university, Chandigarh University and Punjab University Patiala. They conduct the admission criteria term wise. previously Punjab University admitted children they made them apply online or they made centralized merit, They allotted colleges and children came to college. Advertisement was given for Entrance test because of Covid entrance test was not possible, it was not possible. Even this year they have planned similarly children. In website, Punjab university website let them apply online. It has some fee, I feel this formality is   just for taking the fees from the students actually    in a we can say financial crisis is there they are facing financial crisis how we can charge fees from the students Students applied on the Punjab university website univ charged 2200 from students. They are not giving any prospects books and some other thing they are just charging fees for the application. And those students who have not applied on the university portal and college admitted such kind of students who have admitted on their own behalf then University say that college will pay remaining fees for such kind of students those who are not allotted by the University so the criteria depends on the affiliated university. Kaise kehte hai online 30 seats directly fill kar sakte hai. Remaining Management seats
When the covid start in March 20, at the notification of government we shut down the class on month of May. I think we remembered in month of May 12 we started online classes for the students. We feel like that in 2-3 months there will be relaxation in the society. Students are appearing in the exam after that there was a notification that there will only online exams. At that time we conducting online exam, we guide student and time to time we are conducting the seminars especially on covid how they can save their selves, how they can protect their family from such a pandemic. Our experience we can say good , not good because good is not suitable when we are facing challenges life challenges during the pandemic but I feel that due covid 19 we didn’t feel we couldn’t guide children we felt that the real teaching cannot be substitute of online teaching. Children have faced many issues but the news was that children should give online exam otherwise if they should take offline exams it would be a bigger problem. Now the children have given online exams from home, they wrote with camera on, they told to give question paper in whatsapp or email , they make video and send you take it. And college invigilators had to evaluate it
During pandemic most of the students were facing economic problems. They have no smart phones. Three of four families I know they cannot afford Smart phones. especially in covid when jobs were left. Economic cut down their salary. We can say getting food is more challengeable than. As we can say that getting food is more challengeable to children when midday meals was stopped more than 3 crore to 4 crore children are malnutrition during pandemic. We had some children for them lively hood was more challenging we are saying to arrange a phone for online classes for these students it was challenging. During pandemic there was internet connectivity issue, which was a heavy challenge faced by students. The important point is that in the classroom children will understand on black board, they’ll be having few queries which will be clarified in class. On phone most of the students r shy they r not able to talk on zoom or google meet. we feel that they r very shy to switch on their camera they’ll just attend the class. If we consider we have 40 students in class all of them were not attending class. Even if they r coming they used to leave class after attendance. They feel attendance is important. I have seen this more in college students, in school students class with children was good. If I talk about my daughter all the students were attending the online classes. School students are more sensible. we don’t know about college students, why they were taking it lightly. There were some challenges economically as you were telling but all over we have done our job and responsibility. But we cannot say that we did justices with our children. Online teaching is not a good way.
Yes, even faculty had issues like some faculty didn’t have wifi connectivity in their home. Even faculty does not have smart phone, there wasn’t much data to use, over using smartphone caused hanging, class used to get disconnect. Children used to say principle didn’t take class. Teachers were coming to college on pandemic. College had wifi connectivity so they were conducting class in college. Likewise the challenges were faced by everyone.
We cant say the pandemic has affect the course, children’s papers were handled easily. All students had got best results. The Punjab university didn’t conduct exams for repeaters. They prompted without online or offline exams. The students had loss on concepts, we are not in the position to teach them properly as they have expected but still but over all the students academics and progress according to marks were satisfactory. They got good numbers they went home. Out of 4 semester they covered 2 semester at home. They did only one exam offline, second, third they did online only forth semester practical which is there in next week it will be conducted online.  
After completion of course how many of your students keep in touch with you. They get job or further in their life so how many of students come back to you. They keep in touch and give feed back to you. How much this course helped them to the stage they are in for that preparation? You could have got some feed back.
On this regarding we have alimuni association in college so..  we give that membership to children life time member ship is 100 rupees. So we maintain the data. And its also mandatory for NAC from the university also its mandatory. Some colleges may not follow. Its in profile and its important soo we do that. When children finishes the course for years they’ll be in touch with us. After that the girls when they get marry they move on to some other place we loose many children touch. Otherwise the alumini in our account who are there in social media and whatsup groups so they r in touch. If we talk about their ratio in 80 students who have completed the 30 to 40 students keep in touch. Later it depends on teachers who have many students in their touch. But under my touch there are no students. In general out of 100 students 30 40 students will be in touch it will reduce over period of time. New students comes to college
Placement cell in your college:  whats app group – repeated under question VI 6.1: