IGNOU B.Ed 2021: Application Form, Eligibility

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 entrance test Answer Key and Result will be announced soon. On the basis of marks IGNOU B.Ed exam, applicants will get admission to different colleges of this university. The maximum time duration of the course is a maximum of 5 years. The student can choose either English or Hindi medium IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Admission at his/her comfort. All the necessary information regarding IGNOU Bachelor of Education 2021 e.g. Admit Card, Registration, Exam pattern, etc. are mentioned in this article.

IGNOU B.Ed Admission 2021 Status

Admission notification	Announced
Result	Soon to release

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Important Date

The dates of this IGNOU B.Ed 2021 are mentioned below:

Events	Dates
Release of prospectus and brochure	28 February 2021
Availability of online application form	02 March 2021
Last date to submit the application form	25 Mar 2021
Form Correction	24 – 25 Mar 2021
Issuance of admit cards	06 April 2021
Exam date	11 Apr 2021
Release of answer key	to be announced
Result / Merit List	to be announced
Commencement of counselling	to be announced

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Result

• The IGNOU B.Ed 2021 result will be released soon.
• The result is available on the official website.
• Candidates can download the result from the official website.
• It is also advised to take the printout of the result for further reference.
• The result of IGNOU B.Ed will available on the official website of IGNOU by typing their enrolment number.
• Also, result cards of IGNOU Bachelor of Education 2021 indicating qualifying/ non-qualifying status in the entrance test would be dispatched to all the candidates who appear for the examination. If the result card is not received, the applicant can contact the regional director of IGNOU in his/ her region.

The qualified applicants will be invited for counselling where their original documents will be verified.

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Admit Card

The admit card for IGNOU B.Ed 2021 was released on 06 April 2021. The candidates must bring a hard copy of admit card and affix a latest photograph, attested by a Gazetted Officer at the test centre. It is advised to the candidate that admit card must be kept safe for the time of admission.

The admit card contains the following information:

1. Name of Candidate.
2. Venue of Exam.
3. Subjects.
4. Date & Time.

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Exam Centres

IGNOU B.Ed Exam centres for the test going to be held on 11 April 2021 is mentioned in the table below.

IGNOU B.Ed Exam Centres: April 2021

State	Test City	State	Test City
Andaman and Nicobar	Port Blair	Maharashtra	Mumbai/Navi Mumbai Nagpur Pune Aurangabad Nanded Nasik Amravati
Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool Tirupati Vijayawada. Visakhapatnam Naharlagun/Itanagar	Manipur	Imphal
Assam	Guwahati Silchar	Meghalaya	Shillong
Bihar	Darbhanga Bhagalpur Patna Purnia (Purnea)	Mizoram	Aizwal
Chandigarh (UT)	Chandigarh/Mohali	Nagaland	Kohima
Chhatisgarh	Bilaspur Raipur	Odisha	Bhubaneshwar Sambalpur Balasore Cuttack Rourkela Berhampur-Ganjam Dhenkanal Jeypore
Delhi	Delhi	Punjab	Amritsar Bhatinda Ludhiana Patiala
Goa	Goa	Rajasthan	Jaipur Jodhpur Udaipur Ajmer Bikaner
Gujarat	Ahmedabad Gandhinagar Rajkot Mehsana Surat Vadodara	Sikkim	Gangtok
Haryana	Ambala Kurukshetra Gurugram Karnal Faridabad	Tamil Nadu	Chennai Coimbatore Madurai Tirunelveli Hyderabad Warangal
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla Hamirpur Kangra	Tripura	Agartala
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu Srinagar	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow Varanasi Allahabad Bareilly Ghaziabad Noida/Gr Noida Agra Aligarh Kanpur Meerut
Jharkhand	Dhanbad Jamshedpur Ranchi	Uttarakhand	Dehradun Roorkee Haldwani
Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior Jabalpur Bhopal Indore	West Bengal	Kolkata Siliguri Kalyani
Karnataka	Bangalore Belgaum Gulbarga Hubli Mangaluru Mysuru	Kerala	Thrissur Thiruvananthapuram Ernakulam/Kochi Kannur Kottayam Kollam Kozhikode

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Reservation Criteria

• SC/ST/OBC (Non-creamy layer)/PWD applicants will get 5% relaxation and reservation in minimum eligibility as per the guidelines of the Central Govt.
• Kashmiri Migrants and war widow candidates will get a reservation as per the University Rules.

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Reservation

Category	Reservation (in %)
SC	15%
ST	7.5%
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)	27%
PH	3%
War-Widow	5%
Kashmiri Migrant	1 Seat in the national merit

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Exam Pattern

The paper pattern for IGNOU Bachelor of Education Examination Pattern is given below:

• The paper of IGNOU B.Ed Exam consists of two major parts- Part A and Part B.
• All the questions will be of multiple choice type. For every question, there have 4 alternatives.
• The total questions in both sections will be 100 and the total marks will be 100.
• The medium of the paper will be either English or Hindi.
• Each question carries 1 mark.
• The total time duration of both papers will be 2 hours.

IGNOU B.ED Section Wise Question Distribution

Part	Topics	No. of Questions	Total Marks
Part A
Section I	General English Comprehension	10	10
Section II	Logical & Analytical Reasoning	20	20
Section III	Educational & General Awareness	25	25
Section IV	Teaching- Learning & the School	25	25
Part B: Subject Competence (Anyone)
Section V	Science/ Mathematics/ Social Studies/ English/ Hindi	20	20

Note ­:

• Candidate can attempt any one subject from Part – B.
• Questions of part -B will be subjective and based on the curriculum of IX/X classes according to the CBSE and NCERT.

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Syllabus

 The complete syllabus of the IGNOU B.Ed exam is given below:

• English Comprehension: This section covers questions related to tenses, verbs, sentences, etc.
• Logical and Analytical Reasoning: Algebra, series, word problems, etc.
• Educational and General Awareness: This section includes questions related to science, social science, and general knowledge.
• Teaching- Learning and the School: Knowledge of the learning process, classroom training, etc is covers in this section.
• Subject related Topics: It involves class 9th and 10th syllabus from CBSE and NCERT.

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Application Form

The candidate will get Admission on the basis of the score obtained in the entrance test conducted by IGNOU all over India. The candidate will be required to submit the application form with an attested copy of the documents. After receiving an offer letter of IGNOU B.Ed 2021 for admission, the candidate has to submit their original documents.

Copy of self-attested documents which have to submit with the application form are mention below:

• Original Hall Ticket
• Higher Secondary/ Sr. Secondary School Certificate with mark sheet.
• Degree and mark sheet of graduation/ post-graduation.
• Educational qualification
• Underemployment certificate
• Affidavit by Parent/Guardian
• Affidavit by applicant
• Duly filled the registration form for fee exemption of SC/ST students under SCSP and TSP.
• Caste certificate of belonging to OBC (Non-creamy layer ) categories.
• The forms which mentioned above have available in IGNOU B.Ed 2020 prospectus.

Once the form is submitted, no changes will be permitted. if you change your residential location, then you should inform the regional centre of the IGNOU for communication. A photocopy of the filled-in form must keep safe for future reference.

Registration/ Application Fee for IGNOU B.Ed 2021

A registration fee of IGNOU Bachelor of Education 2021 is Rs. 1050/- will also be submitted with the application form. The fee of application form will be submitted by mode of demand draft at the city of concerned Regional Centre. Complete programme fees of IGNOU B.Ed is Rs 50,000.

IGNOU Official Website for Registration: http://www.ignou.ac.in

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria to apply for IGNOU B.Ed 2021 have mentioned below.

• The applicant with at least 50% marks in the Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Sciences/ Social Sciences/ Commerce/ Humanity are eligible.

OR

• The applicant with a B.E. or B.Tech degree must have scored a minimum of 55% marks with specialization in Science and Mathematics.

OR

• The candidates with a degree equivalent to i) and ii) can also apply for IGNOU B.Ed 2020 exam.

Applicants who are going to fill B.Ed Exam 2020 in open distance learning, must fulfil the following criteria:

• Trained in-service teachers in elementary education.

OR

• Applicants who have completed an NCTE recognized teacher education programme through face-to-face mode.

Address and Official Website Link

IGNOU Residential Campus Road,

Maidan Garhi,

New Delhi,

Delhi – 110068

IGNOU official website: www.ignou.ac.in

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 List of State & Codes

List of States and their Codes for IGNOU B.Ed 2021 needed to be used while filling the Application form are mentioned in the table hereby.

IGNOU B. Ed 2021: List of State & Their Codes

State	Code	State	Code
Andhra Pradesh	01	Nagaland	20
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)	02	Odisha	21
Arunachal Pradesh	03	Punjab	22
Assam	04	Rajasthan	23
Bihar	05	Sikkim	24
Chandigarh (UT)	06	Tamil Nadu	25
Delhi	07	Tripura	26
Goa	08	Uttar Pradesh	27
Gujarat	09	West Bengal	28
Haryana	10	Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu (UT)	29
Himachal Pradesh	11	Lakshadweep (UT)	30
Jammu & Kashmir	12	Pondicherry (UT)	31
Karnataka	13	C/O 99 APO	32
Kerala	14	Learners Abroad	33
Madhya Pradesh	15	Chhattisgarh	34
Maharashtra	16	Jharkhand	35
Manipur	17	Uttarakhand	36
Meghalaya	18	Telangana	37
Mizoram	19

IGNOU B.Ed Educational Qualification Code:

List of Educational Qualification with along with there respective code is enlisted in the table below.

IGNOU B.Ed 2020: Educational Qualification Code

Qualification	Code	Qualification	Code
Below Matriculation, SSC/ No Formal Education	000	Post Graduation or Equivalent	006
Matriculation/ SSC	001	Doctoral or Equivalent	007
10+2 or Equivalent	002	BPP from IGNOU	008
Diploma in Engineering	003	Bachelor of Library Information Science	009
Graduation in Engineering	004	Master of Library & Information Science	010
Graduation or Equivalent	005

IGNOU B.Ed: Board Code

List of Educational Board along with there respective code is enlisted in the table below.

Educational Board & Code

For 10+2
Board	Code
Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh	0101
Assam Higher Secondary Education Council	0401
Bihar Intermediate Education Council	0501
Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi	0701
Council for the Indian School (Certificate Exam), New Delhi	0702
National Institute of Open Schooling, Delhi	0703
Goa, Daman & Diu Board of Sec. & Higher Sec. Ed.	0801
Gujarat Secondary Education Board	0901
Haryana Board of School Education	1001
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education	1101
J&K State Board of School Education (Summer)	1201
J&K State Board of School Education (Winter)	1202
Board of Pre-University Education, Karnataka	1301
University of Kerala	1401
Board of Secondary Education, MP	1501
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary Education & Higher Secondary Board	1601
Board of Secondary Education, Manipur	1701
Mizoram Board of Secondary Education	1901
Nagaland Board of Secondary Education	2001
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Orissa	2101
Punjab School Education Board	2201
Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education	2301
Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Exam., Tamil Nadu	2501
Tripura Board of Secondary Education	2601
Board of High School & Intermediate Education, U.P.	2701
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education	2802
Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi	3601
A recognized three/ two-year Diploma/ Certificate after 10th Class	8888
Not listed in this list	9999
For 10+2 Vocational Stream
Mizoram Board of Secondary Education	1901

IGNOU B.Ed 2021 Highlights

Exam Name	IGNOU B.Ed or Indra Gandhi National Open University B.Ed
Conducting Body	National Test Agency (NTA)
Level	National Level
Course	B.Ed
NTA Official website	http://www.ignou.ac.in/
Exam Mode	Online (Computer Based Test)
Exam Purpose	To offer admission in B.Ed