LBS Centre for Science and Technology B.Ed course Admission Notice 2013-2014

LBS Centre for Science and Tech­nology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

B.Ed, course Admission Notice 2013-2014

The LBS Centre for Science and Technology  Thiruvanan-thapuram, has invited applications for admission to B.Ed, courses in gov­ernment, aided and self-financing training colleg­es in the State.

Apply online till September 12. Submit a single application for the government merit seats, which come to some 11,00(X This year, the LBS Cen­tre will not make any seat al­lotment, but will only prepare college-course, subject-wise and category-wise rank lists. From these lists, the colleges will conduct admissions.

In the government colleges, all seats will be filled up on the basis of merit, following the reservation policy. In private self-financing colleges, 50 per cent of the seats will be government quota:

There is no entrance test. The ranks will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained for Part III main and subsidiary subjects. Fifteen marks will be given to those who have a first-class postgraduate degree, 10 marks for second-class and five marks for third-class in the same subjects for which the candidate seeks admission. Ten marks each will be given for those with National Service Scheme or National Cadet Corps certificates for partici­pation at the degree level.

A provisional rank list will be published on the website of the LBS centre. Applicants can verify the list and submit complaints  if any. The tuition fee in government and aided col­leges is Rs. 1,500. Those in government seats in self-financing colleges should pay Rs. 29,000.

Eligibility

Those who have a BA or B.Sc. degree with minimum 50 per cent marks are eligible to apply. The choice of optional subject for the B.Ed, course should be the same as the one which the student has' selected as the main subject for graduation.

Those who have an M.Com. degree with not less than 50 per cent marks are eligible for admission to the B.Ed, course in Commerce.

For the courses in Informa­tion Technology and Comput­er Seience, the entry qualification is MCA or M.Sc. Computer Science or Elec­tronics with minimum 50 per cent marks.

™ Those belonging to the so­cially and educationally back­ward communities and other eligible communities (OEC) with annual family income be­low Rs. 4.5 lakh will be given five per cent concession in marks in the qualifying exam­ination. Visually challenged applicants will be given a five per cent concession. Appli­cants belonging to the Sched­uled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes need only a pass mark. There is no upper age limit. Detailed eligibility criteria are given in the prospectus.

How to apply

There is only a single application form for applying on­line on www.lbscentre.org and www.lbskerala.com. The application fee is Rs. 500 (Rs.250 for those belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes). The application fee should be remitted in any of the Federal Bank branches in Kerala using a challan generated online during the process of submission of the application. A copy of the prospectus can be ob­tained from the district-level facilitation centre of the LBS Centre on producing the fee-remitted challan.

Detailed instructions for submitting the online application are given in the prospectus  On the website, clicking the link "Admission to BEd Course 2013." Applicants should further click the but­ton "New Candidate" and fur­nish personal details. After the fee remittance, again login as "Fee-remitted candidate" and enter the application and challan numbers and date of remittance of fee in the bank and click the "Confirm" but­ton. Then upload a soft copy of a passport-size photograph and the candidate will get a unique registration ID. Fur­ther click the "Proceed" but­ton and fill the personal data sheet.

On completion of the process  click the "Print" button and take a printout of the completed application. This should be sent, along with the bank challan receipt and self-attested copies of certificates, to the Director, LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Nandavanam, Palayam, Thiru-vananthapuram - 695 033 so as to reach there on or before 5 p.m. on September 13.