Debnarayan Shiksha Sansthan B Ed College, Sonarpur: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Debnarayan Shiksha Sansthan B.Ed. College, established in 2013, Sonarpur, is a co-ed teacher training college in West Bengal, India. The type of the institution is affiliated and imparts teacher education programs. It has been approved by NCTE. This occupies a compact 1-acre campus. At present, the number of enrolled students is 317 and the sanctioned faculty is 27. This institute serves students for two full-time courses, B.Ed. and D.El.Ed., with a program intake of 200. 

The college avails a number of facilities for students aiming to gear their learning experience. There is a library on the campus stocked with about 4,500 forms of books, periodicals, and journals. The library has also recently been computerized by implementing integrated Library Management Software KOHA, which facilitates students to access OPAC through Wi-Fi. This college features nine laboratories, with some being specialized labs available for Geography, Life Science, Mathematics, Music, Physics, Art and Craft, and Language; these are shared between the B.Ed. and D.El.Ed. programs. A large multipurpose hall is arranged with a seating capacity of 300 for an auditorium. Modern facilities such as an LCD projector, OHP, and sound system are installed in the large space. The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled to provide access to the digital resources for the students.

Debnarayan Shiksha Sansthan B.Ed. College provides two regular courses: Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) and Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.). The time frame for both courses shall be two years. Courses have been designed to ensure high-quality professional careers in teaching and administration of education.

The whole system of the admission will be on merit basis as per the marks obtained in the qualifying examinations. The college has devised a holistic scoring method to prepare the merit list for admission in its B.Ed. course, where the performance of the candidate in the different academic levels has been considered. The maximum marks are: 20 for Madhyamik or its equivalent and Higher Secondary examinations, 20 for BA/BSc/BCom in the general or pass course and that of 30 for BA/BSc/BCom Hons. The various courses are as follows: (Honors), B.E./B. Tech, and M.A./M.Sc./M.Com. This will be testimony to the holistic evaluation of the candidate's academic journey. Admission to D.El.Ed course will be on merit-based marks of the qualifying examination and/or entrance examination made by the State Government/UT Administration's formulated guidelines.