JOIN USBangalore University (BU) will soon introduce a BEd course with foreign languages as a subject, to cater to a huge demand for employment. The proposal was placed before the university’s Academic Council here on Friday.
Based on inputs from an official from Max Mueller Bhavan who visited the university recently, Prof Jeevan Kumar Dean, faculty of Arts, Bangalore University, proposed BEd course with German language as a subject.
It has been indicated to the university that there is a huge demand for German teachers with BEd degree. Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country are looking for German teachers and there is a demand for these teachers in colleges too. However, Max Mueller Bhavan and the co-ordinating German University are particular that the teachers hold a BEd degree to be able to teach German in schools, Prof Jeevan Kumar said.
Vice-Chancellor Prof B Thimme Gowda said they would look into the feasibility and extend such a programme to French and other foreign languages, in which there is a demand for teachers. If it is viable, they would offer this BEd course to students of the coming batch in December 2014 itself, the V-C said.
The university is proposing uniform internal assessment across all universities and autonomous colleges in the State. The university will place this before the Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC). Speaking to mediapersons after the Academic Council meeting, Prof Gowda said BU students were facing a disadvantage in the current system.
“In Bangalore University, we have been giving only grades for internal assessment and it does not count for the overall percentage. However, in some autonomous colleges, the internal assessment marks add up to 40 per cent of the total marks. The practice is different in different universities. Since this percentage is the primary parameter for government jobs, Bangalore University students are losing out the benefit that their peers in other institutions are enjoying, the VC said.
The Academic Council approved the university’s annual accounts for 2013-14 and the 48th annual report of the university for the academic year 2012-13.