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Teaching as a profession is an occupational field in education that is directly responsible for the formation of young minds and hearts. The teaching profession become a boom as a golden career in the last few years. KVS, RPSC, DSSSB, NVS, and many other recruitment exams have come with thousands of vacancies and will come in this year.

Many candidates have the aim to become teachers as PRT, TGT and PGT in various schools. As for becoming a TGT (Trained Graduate Teacher), candidates have to fulfil educational and professional qualifications to become eligible for these posts. Thus, here we are discussing two main courses i.e. B.ED (Bachelor of Education) and B.El.Ed (Bachelor of Elementary Education) which can help them to fulfil their objective. The detail of eligibility criteria, exam pattern, and career perspective is given below in following article.

B.ED, TET, and B.El.Ed Exam Highlights

Highlights	B.Ed	B.El.Ed
Full Form	Bachelor of Education	Bachelor of Elementary Education
Course timing	2 yr	4 yr
Eligibility	Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Commerce, Science or equivalent streams with at least 50% marks from a recognized board/university.	10 + 2 with at least 50 % marks as well as have scored minimum pass marks in each of the four subjects.

Entrance Exams

Both have entrance examinations which contain multiple-choice questions that scrutinize the domain knowledge and the general aptitude of the aspirants.
The entrance examinations for both are conducted in the months of May and June every year.
The test timing will be 2 hrs.
Both examinations does not have descriptive questions.
There will be a negative marking
The Entrance Test shall be bilingual (English and Hindi) wherever applicable.
For B.El.Ed: The Entrance test will be based on English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social science up to class 10th level. For B.ed: The Entrance test will be based on various subjects including English, General Knowledge, Basic Arithmetic, General Aptitude, and a local language depending on the state.

B.Ed & B.El.Ed Course Structure

Candidate may check the B.Ed & B.El.Ed Course structure in the below mentioned table.

B.Ed	B.El.Ed
Child Pedagogy	Foundation Courses
Educational Technology	Core Courses
Evaluation and Assessment	Liberal Courses
Leadership	Subject Pedagogy Courses
Communication Skills	School Internship
Co-curricular Activities	Project Work
Subject-Specific Skills and Knowledge	Field work-Observing children
School Experience Programme	Classroom Management and Material Development
Field work-Observing children	Academic Enrichment Activities
Project Work	Co-curricular Activities

Career Prospective for B.ED and B.EL.ED students

Both courses fulfill professional educational eligibility criteria for teaching courses. Here we are providing you with some more career prospective.

For B.ED candidates	For B.EL.ED candidates
School teachers in All Over India	MCD, NDMC, Sarvodaya Vidyalayas in Delhi, Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas all across India and also in private schools.
Private tutors	Pursuing research in education and related disciplines in the government and non-government sectors
NGOs	Pursuing post-graduate courses and research studies in education and related disciplines
Content writer	Private Tutor
Pursuing post-graduate courses and research studies	Teacher-educators in various State Institutes and University Departments/ Colleges offering training in elementary/secondary education.
Teacher-educators in various State Institutes and University Departments/ Colleges offering training in elementary/secondary education.	Private companies as project head- Education

Tips to Score Better in B. Ed Entrance Examination

Preparation of the B.ED and B.EL.ED courses

It is essential to prepare for the entrance examination for both the courses which are providing various colleges. You need to prepare, clear your concepts and syllabus up to the tenth class and you should precisely concentrate on the following subjects:

Bilingual comprehension
Mathematical reasoning
All the significant science concepts
All the essential concepts of social science studies

Criteria for selecting commerce students

The commerce students can also appear in the entrance exam for both courses. The students have to select one subject from the Accounts and Business studies for appearing in the exam. If you consider both subjects, then the topic with higher marks gets preferred.

The difference between B.ED and B.EL.ED

B.ED course	B.EL.ED course
The course gets done in 2 years.	The course is completed in four years.
The course gets completed after graduation.	The course is completed as a graduation course.
The candidates can apply for this course in all over India.	Candidates can apply for this course in some states.

As we have discussed both courses i.e. B.Ed and B.El.Ed, they have their own pros and cons. Candidates can choose their courses according to career prospects, college, degree, eligibility criteria etc. It is advised that choose your career perspective wisely.

What is the difference between CTET, B.ED, TET, and B.El.Ed?

In the following article, the candidate will find the difference between CTET, B.ED, TET, and B.El.Ed Exam/Courses. Read the article carefully and thoroughly to understand the basic intricacies of each exam/course.

Exam/Course	Description
CTET	Central Teachers Eligibility Test is a national-level eligibility test conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education. The CTET Qualified candidates become eligible to apply for all national level and most of the state-level teacher recruitment exams as well.
TET	Teachers Eligibility Test is a state-level eligibility test conducted by various states and the candidates become eligible for state-level teacher recruitment exams respectively.
B.Ed	Bachelor of Education is a 2-year degree course to provide teacher training for graduate candidates who wish to become teachers. They become eligible to teach classes 1- 8.
B.El.Ed	Bachelor of Elementary Education is a 4-year degree course for 12th-qualified candidates who wish to become teachers. They will become eligible to teach classes 1-5.