Six-Months Bridge Course in Primary Teacher Education | NIOS | For B.Ed. Teachers | NIOS Bridge Course

Objectives of the Programme

Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its judgment dated 08.04.2024 in M.A. Diary No: 4303/2024 in Civil Appeal No. 5068 of 2023 (Devesh Sharma vs. Union of India & Ors.), issued the following directions:

To develop an understanding of the primary school and primary school child.
To develop an understanding of various perspectives of learning and how knowledge is constructed by a primary school child.
To design content, evolve pedagogies, comprehend the context of learning and organize curricular experiences.
To interpret education of primary school children in continuum and establish linkages with the early childhood and adolescence.
To plan pedagogy in different curricular areas according to the developmental level of children and that of the nature of the discipline.
To address diversities in the classrooms with respect to language, gender, disability and socio-cultural and economic context.
To analyze and apply the emerging technologies in the learning and teaching in primary teacher education.
To critically analyze and reflect on assessment practices and design age-appropriate assessment tools for a 360° holistic assessment of primary children.

Eligibility Criteria & Instructions for the Participants

The 6 Months Certificate Course (Bridge) in Primary Teacher Education focus on the professional development of in- service primary teachers having B.Ed. to become eligible for teaching at primary level with the following objectives-

National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) shall design such course under overall supervision of the MoE, UoI
Appointees, whose appointments were made on the basis of B.Ed. as a valid qualification between 28.06.2018 to 11.08.2023, must undergo this course to retain their eligibility.
Failure to complete the course within timeframe given by the concerned educational authorities will invalidate the appointment of such candidates.
This Bridge course will not be valid for the teachers seeking subsequent employments as primary teachers.

Self Certificate to be filled and uploaded by the un-trained In-service Teacher and duly signed by the School Principal

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Bridge Course, Credits, Structure of Assessment & Evaluation

Course No.	Course Title	Internal Assessment (Assignments & Project Work)		Courses and Examination		Total Marks	Total Credits
Course No.	Course Title	Marks	Credits	Marks	Credits	Total Marks	Total Credits
1	Child Development and Educational Psychology	25	1	75	3	100	4
2	Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment	25	1	75	3	100	4
3	Pedagogy of Language-I (Hindi/Regional language)	25	1	25	1	50	2
4	Pedagogy of Language-II (English/other than Language-I)	25	1	25	1	50	2
5	Pedagogy of Mathematics	25	1	25	1	50	2
6	Pedagogyof The World Around Us	25	1	25	1	50	2
7	School Experience	100	4	-	-	100	4
Grand Total		250	10	250	10	500	20

Structure of Assessment and Evaluation in school experience

S. No.	Activities	Marks	Credits
1	a) Planning and Teaching Lessons – 40 10 Lessons each from the following subjects shall be taught: Language-I (Hindi/Regional Language) Language-II (English/Other than Language-I) Mathematics The World Around Us (10 marks per subject × 4) b) Portfolio (10 marks)	50	2
2	Activities and Workshop Record Organization of activities like Children’s Play, Art, Craft, Music, Yoga, Physical Education and Well-being with children and maintaining records. (5 Mandatory Activities: 5 × 5 marks)	25	1
3	Reflective Journal (1 entry per day)	25	1
Total		100	4

Instruction for 6 Month Bridge Course

WORKING DAYS

There shall be at least 20 teaching days for the school experience in a primary school.
There shall be at least 10 days for contact classes in addition to the 20 days of school experience.
The minimum attendance of teachers shall be 80% for school experience.

MODE OF TRANSACTION

The NIOS will prepare the guidelines for the transaction in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode including certification of Six Months Certificate Course (Bridge) in Primary Teacher Education (PTE) for the Teachers of Primary Schools appointed with B.Ed. Degree.

Six-Months Certificate Course (Bridge) in Primary Teacher Education for the Teachers of Primary Schools appointed with B.Ed. Degree

Self Certificate to be filled and uploaded by the un-trained In-service Teacher and duly signed by the School Principal