99 per cent success registered in the Telangana State Education Common Entrance Test (TSEdCET)

HYDERABAD: A whopping 99 per cent success rate has been registered in the Telangana State Education Common Entrance Test (EdCET), the results of which were announced here Thursday. This year, 57,775 candidates appeared for the test, out of whom 57,220 qualified for admission into the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) courses.

Every year, EdCet records one of the highest success rates, owing to the exemption awarded to several categories of students. Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) don’t have any eligibility mark for admission to all methodologies. Adding to that, all women candidates, irrespective of their score, will get directly qualified in physics and mathematics methodologies.

The highest number of candidates from these categories usually pushes the success rate to the top, explained Prof P Prasad, convener, TS EdCET-2015. Interestingly, most of the top rankers in all methodologies were women candidates. This year, 25 per cent of the total marks have been set as the qualifying score.

There are 25,000 seats available in 250 B.Ed colleges across the State. From this year onwards, B.Ed will be a two-year course instead of one. The National Council for Teachers’ Education (NCTE) made several changes to the teacher education courses including modifications in syllabus.

Prof T Papi Reddy, Chairman of Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE), said admission schedule for B.Ed courses would be announced soon. After discussing with State universities, the TSCHE will release the dates for counselling, he added.

Story in State
57,775 No. of candidates who took the test

57,220 Successful candidates

250 B.Ed colleges in State

25,000 Seats available

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