The School of Education (SoE) came into the recognition as an academic quest of NSOU in the year 2013. It was established with a view to provide quality inputs in Education as a liberal discipline and Teacher Education in particular to pre and in-service teacher and development of academic output in education and Special Education. The SoE has provided quality teacher education to a large number of in-service teachers to fulfil the mandate of RTE Act, 2009 within 2015.
At present the School offers RCI recognised and UGC approved programmes, viz, B.Ed. Spl. Ed. (HI/VI/I.D) and M.A. in Education. These two programmes are among the oldest academic programmes of NSOU. To achieve the integrity as well as to develop meaningful equity and access to M.A in Education, the introduction of BDP in Education was very much needed. With this backdrop, the University was successful to accord necessary approval from the DEB-UGC. None the less, BDP in Education/B.A. in Education is being introduced from 2018-19 academic sessions. NSOU is the only State Open University to receive a NOC from the RCI, New Delhi to conduct M.Ed. in Special Education (H.I/I.D)-ODL mode from 2020-2021 sessions under SoE.
In the purview of regular way of functioning, SoE keeps trend of intensive Personal Contact Programmes (PCPs) that is distinctive of NSOU. The School fervently awaits for the resuming of Ph.D programmes (Regular Mode) in conformity with revised UGC rules.
The curriculums of all the programmes have been framed to keep abreast with the changing nature of structure of knowledge in Education and Special Education. SLMs are also upgraded periodically to instil new ideas and innovations. The School is trying to reach its learners through ICT support to rejuvenate the academic mission of "Reaching the unreached". ICT support encompasses digitised SLMs, A/V lectures, Tutorial A-V Lectures and all type of academic and administrative support through the support service cell. A dedicated website (www.nsouict.ac.in) is being maintained for this purpose.
The faculties of the SoE are constantly engaged with various projects, workshops, seminar, and conferences to keep them in constant interactions with the wider academia.
Major Achievements:
SoE NSOU takes the credit to successfully provide quality teacher education to a large number of In-service Teachers (29,515 Elementary) to fulfil the mandate of RTE-Act 2009 within 2015 in a project mode with the approval of NCTE. This course on a Project mode as per Government of West Bengal directive was offered in 183 Study Centres/B.Ed Institutions across West Bengal.
In addition to this, faculties from SoE were invited to participate in a National workshop on "Making pre-service teacher education curriculum inclusive" organised by NCERT, New Delhi held at Mysore (preparation of the draft curriculum) and New Delhi (final draft of the curriculum was developed and adapted) respectively.
SoE, NSOU has also taken other initiatives and undertaken collaborative assignments with other reputed organization like Backward class Welfare Dept. GoWB, TESS-India, Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), Gyan Vani and many more.
Recently the SoE, has conducted 23 Training & Sensitization of key Functionaries of Central and State Govt, Local Bodies and other Services Providers on Disability issue. About 920 College and University Faculties, School teachers, Head Masters/Mistress have been sensitized in the various districts of West Bengal funded by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE), RCI, New Delhi, Govt of India.
Two 5-day National-level Refresher Programme, RCI funded (CRE equivalence) has been also conducted for aspiring special educators in the field of Research Methodology on Disability Studies and Rehabilitation.
SoE has successfully completed a joint project with CoL-CEMCA, New Delhi on "Development of Curriculum and SLM on Capacity Building and Professional Development of Teachers and Teacher Educators for successful implementation of Inclusiveness".
A 3-month self-financed certificate programme on "Capacity building and professional development on Inclusive Education" has been recently conducted successfully by the SoE. This course has been now upgraded to 6-month certificate course offered by the newly formed Centre, CDSER under the aegis of SoE, NSOU.
KKHSOU has adopted the Course material of the Certificate Programme on Inclusive Education that has been developed under NSOU-CEMCA project for their ICT based intervention Programmes for School Teachers: An initiative by KKHSOU for quality School Education.
One-Day National Conference-Call for papers (CRE Status) was also conducted straddling various stakeholders of the academia and disability field.
The School is presently working with Abheda Foundation to empower language skills among the B.Ed. Spl. Ed learners.
SoE was recently affianced and developed a "15-Day In-Service Training Module for 15,000 General Education Teachers of Tripura State" under a joint collaboration with the RCI and NSOU project".
SoE has taken initiatives to organize various National seminars, conferences, workshops and Extension activities to disseminate new information and ideas in the realm of Education, Special Education and Teacher Education at even interval.
Campus of SoE:
Academic Campus
City Campus
School of Education
Netaji Subhas Open University
3rd Floor, Academic Building,
Ghoshpara Station Road,
Kalyani, Nadia, Pin - 741 235.
School of Education
Netaji Subhas Open University
CF-162, Sector-I, Salt Lake,
Kolkata - 700 064.
Email: schooledu@wbnsou.ac.in
PCP Schedule/Notice
02.02.2024:Schedule for Offline Special Lecture Programme (OSLP) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year of the Sociology Honours UG CBCS Programme (HSO) at Jalpaiguri RC......Detail
11.01.2024:Notice of SLP for 1st Year of B.Sc. Honours in Mathematics (HMT) Programme at Durgapur RC......Detail
09.01.2024:Notice for SLP for 1st Year, 2nd Year of B.Sc. Honours in Mathematics (HMT) Programme at Jalpaiguri RC......Detail
21.12.2023:Allotment and Schedule of Laboratory Counselling-cum-Evaluation Session 2023, Paper: CC-MT-06 - Phase-2 (Dec. 30, 2023 - Mar. 17, 2024). Exam Centre - NSOU Kalyani Campus.....Detail
12.12.2023:Notice regarding Annual LCES, 2023, Phase-2 (December 30, 2023 – March 17, 2024) for UG Science students......Detail
06.12.2023:Allotment of Laboratory Counselling-cum-Evaluation Session Phase-2 (Dec 24, 2023 - Mar 10, 2024), Papers: CC02, CC06, DSE-21 (CBCS Honours)......Detail
06.12.2023:Allotment of Laboratory Counselling-cum-Evaluation Session Phase-2 (Dec 24, 2023 - Mar 10, 2024), Papers: S-03 (Subsidiary Papers)......Detail
10.10.2023:REVISED Allotment of Laboratory Counselling-cum-Evaluation Session Phase-1 (Oct 30, 2023 - Nov 10, 2023), Papers: CC-01, CC-05, CC-11 (CBCS Honours)......Detail
05.10.2023:Notice for the LCES-23 Phase-1 (October 30, 2023 – November 10, 2023) & Phase-2 (December 24, 2023 – February 25, 2024) to be organized by the School of Sciences, NSOU......Detail
05.10.2023:Allotment of Laboratory Counselling-cum-Evaluation Session Phase-1 (Oct 30, 2023 - Nov 10, 2023), Papers: E-04, E-08, E-12, E-16 (BDP Old Syllabus)......Detail
07.09.2023:Notice of Remedial Classes for (UG CBCS & UG Non-CBCS) at Durgapur Regional Centre......Detail
01.08.2023:Notice of SLP for 1st Year, 2nd Year HEG: Bachelor of Arts (English Honours) and 3rd Year BDP EEG Learners at Durgapur Regional Centre......Detail
27.07.2023:Notice of SLP for 1st Year, 2nd Year HEG: Bachelor of Arts (English Honours) and 3rd Year BDP EEG Learners at Durgapur Regional Centre......Detail
18.04.2024:Notice for PCP Classes for PGHI, Batch: January, 2024.....Detail
18.04.2024:Schedule for PG Bengali PCP Programme, Paper-I, January 2024 Batch at Syamaprasad College.....Detail
18.04.2024:Notice for Offline PCP Schedule of PGJM, January 2024 Batch. Paper: 1A & 1B at Durgapur Regional Centre.....Detail
18.04.2024:Notice for Offline PCP Schedule of PGJM, January 2024 Batch, Paper: 1A & 1B at Sarojini Naidu College.....Detail
18.04.2024:Tentative Routine for Post Graduate Geography (PGGR) Part-I PCP, January 2024 Batch.....Detail
18.04.2024:PCP Notice for Post Graduate in Education (PGED) regarding Allotment of PCP Centres & PCP Schedule, January 2024 Session (Part-I).....Detail
17.04.2024:PCP Schedule of Political Science (PGPS), Batch: January 2024 Batch (Part-I), Paper: I at Women’s Christian College.....Detail
17.04.2024:PCP Schedule of Political Science (PGPS), Batch: January 2024 Batch (Part-I), Paper: I at Maharaja Manindra Chandra College.....Detail
16.04.2024:PCP Schedule of Political Science (PGPS), Batch: January 2024 (First year), Paper: I-IV at Cooch Behar College Study Centre (F-03).....Detail
15.04.2024:Face-to-Face PCP Schedule of PGELT, Paper-I & II (New Syllabus), January 2024 Batch at Women's Christian College.....Detail
11.04.2024:REVISED Notification for Post Graduate PCP under School of Humanities (SoH) for January 2024 Batch (Paper I, II, III & IV)......Detail
09.04.2024:Notice regarding PCP (January/Feb Session 2024) of the programmes under the School of Professional Studies......Detail
05.04.2024:PCP Schedule of Post Graduate Public Administration (PGPA) of Part-I, Paper- I-IV, Batch: January 2024 at Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, Kolkata......Detail
05.04.2024:PCP Schedule of Political Science (PGPS), Batch: January, 2024, Paper: I-IV at Maharaja Manindra Chandra College & Women's Christian College......Detail
02.04.2024:Notification for Post Graduate PCP under School of Humanities (SoH) for January 2024 Batch (Paper I, II, III & IV)......Detail
16.02.2024:PCP Schedule for PGGR, Paper-XA, Part-II Batch at Kalyani Campus, NSOU......Detail
30.01.2024:PCP Notice for PG Economics, 1st Year and 2nd Year at Basanti Devi College, Kolkata......Detail
05.01.2024:PCP Notice for PG Economics, 1st Year and 2nd Year at Basanti Devi College, Kolkata......Detail
06.02.2024:Notice for Face to Face (F2F) mandatory offline PCP along with the Workshop & Practical for Phase-I of B.Ed. Spl.Ed. & M.Ed. Sp. Edu. (IID & HI)-ODL, 2nd Semester......Detail
17.08.2023:Offline PCP schedule of ADPRA, Paper-VI, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
17.08.2023:Offline PCP Schedule of ADJMC, Paper-VIB, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
27.07.2023:Offline PCP Schedule of ADJMC, Paper-VA, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
27.07.2023:Offline PCP schedule of ADPRA, Paper-V, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
06.07.2023:Offline PCP schedule of ADPRA, Paper-IV, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
06.07.2023:Offline PCP Schedule of ADJMC, Paper-IV, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
14.06.2023:Offline PCP schedule of ADPRA, Paper-III, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
14.06.2023:Offline PCP Schedule of Advance Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication (ADJMC), Paper-III, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
25.05.2023:Offline PCP schedule of ADPRAD, Paper-II, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
25.05.2023:Offline PCP Schedule of ADJMC, Paper-II, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
03.05.2023:Offline PCP Schedule of ADJMC, Paper-I, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
03.05.2023:Offline PCP schedule of ADPRA, Paper-I, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
25.04.2023:Offline PCP Schedule of ADJMC, Paper-I to VI, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
25.04.2023:Offline PCP schedule of ADPRA, Paper-I to VI, January 2023 Batch at Sarojini Naidu College......Detail
06.02.2024:Notice for Face to Face (F2F) mandatory offline PCP along with the Workshop & Practical for Phase-I of B.Ed. Spl.Ed. & M.Ed. Sp. Edu. (IID & HI)-ODL, 2nd Semester......Detail
04.04.2024:Notice for 2ns Phase Examination Form submission through online for Post Graduate Term-End Examination, June-2023 / December-2023......Detail
12.03.2024:Notice for submission of Examination Form for M.Ed. (Spl. Edn.) TEE (Practical), December-2023 (5th Semester)......Detail
05.03.2024:Notice for all Study Centre Co-ordinators regarding Dissertation of PGSW-15/MLIS-9......Detail
09.01.2024:Notice for Examination Form submission through Online for Bachelor of Library & Information Science (BLIS), Term End Examination, December-2023......Detail
16.04.2024:ADMISSION: Admission to Short Term Course on "Data Analysis using R". Notice | Brochure | Admission Link
09.04.2024:ADMISSION: NSOU-RET Part-II in ELT (Viva-Voce Examination), Discipline: ELT, Code: PHDEL, Academic Year 2022-23......Detail
08.04.2024:ADMISSION: List of Selected Candidates and General Notification for Ph.D. Programme in Chemistry, Zoology, Physics, Sociology and Bengali, Academic Year 2022-23 (3rd Phase)......Detail
08.04.2024:ADMISSION: Application Proforma for Exemption of Course Work (Ph.D.)......Detail
01.04.2024:ADMISSION: Admission to MOOC-ICT for Educators (2nd Cycle)......Detail
28.03.2024:ADMISSION: List of Selected Candidates and General Notification for Ph.D. Programme in Commerce and Education, Academic Year 2022-23 (2nd Phase)......Detail
22.03.2024:ADMISSION: Notification for Mop Up Counselling Cum Spot Admission of MBA Programme, Session January 2024......Detail
18.03.2024:ADMISSION: Provisional 3rd Merit List (LIST-II) of PGES for NON-NSOU Candidates of OBC-A Category, January 2024......Detail
18.03.2024:ADMISSION: Provisional 3rd Merit List (LIST-I) of PGGR for NON-NSOU Candidates of of SC,ST and OBC-B Categories, January 2024......Detail
18.03.2024:ADMISSION: General Instruction for 3rd Round of Counseling and Spot Admission for PG Environmental Science (PGES), Geography (PGGR) and Zoology (PGZO), Session January 2024......Detail
18.03.2024:ADMISSION: Notification for 2nd Counselling Cum Spot Admission of MBA Programme, Session January 2024......Detail
12.03.2024:ADMISSION: List of Selected Candidates and General Notification for Ph.D. Programme in Commerce, Management, Library & Information Science, History and Education, Academic Year 2022-23......Detail
12.03.2024:ADMISSION: Application Proforma for Exemption of Course Work......Detail
07.03.2024:ADMISSION: Notification for Counselling cum Spot Admission of MBA Programme, Session January 2024......Detail
01.03.2024:COUNSELLING: General Instruction for 2nd Counseling for Post Graduate Zoology and Geography, January 2024......Detail
01.03.2024:COUNSELLING: Provisional 2nd Merit List of M.Sc. in Zoology for NON NSOU Candidates of all Categories, January 2024......Detail
01.03.2024:COUNSELLING: Provisional 2nd Merit List of M.Sc. in Geography for NON-NSOU Candidates of all Categories, January 2024......Detail
01.03.2024:COUNSELLING: General Instruction for 2nd Counseling for Post Graduate Environmental Science, January 2024......Detail
01.03.2024:COUNSELLING: Provisional 2nd Merit List of M.Sc. in Environmental Science for NSOU Candidates of all Categories, January 2024......Detail
01.03.2024:COUNSELLING: Provisional 2nd Merit List of M.Sc. in Environmental Science for NON-NSOU Candidates of all Categories, January 2024......Detail
28.02.2024:COUNSELLING: Notification for Inclusion of Syamaprasad College for PGGR Counselling, Session January 2024......Detail
16.02.2024:MERIT LIST: General Instruction for Counseling and Provisional Merit Lists for Admission to PG Zoology, PG Geography and PG Environmental Science, Session January 2024......Detail
16.02.2024:ADMISSION: Notification for Selection Test of MBA Programme, Session January 2024......Detail
15.04.2024:One-Day National Webinar on "Autism Advocacy Network". Detail | ZOOM Link
08.04.2024:Sensitisation Programme on "Code of Conduct for the Learners of NSOU & Grievance Redressal Mechanism of NSOU". Flyer | ZOOM Link
05.04.2024:Students' Seminar on "Digital Technology: A Future of Teaching- Learning Process"......Detail
02.04.2024:Two-Day International Seminar (Funded by the ICSSR Research Project) on "Multidisciplinary Perspectives of Managing Environment and Resource for Sustainable Development"......Detail
18.03.2024:World Social Work Day (#WSWD24) on 'Inspiring Inclusion' Role of Social Work in Women's Empowerment......Detail
13.03.2024:National Webinar on "Use of Recent Techniques for Assessment and Teaching Strategies of Learners with Low Vision". Flyer | Prog. Schedule | ZOOM Link
05.03.2024:গ্রন্থ আলোচনা - বাংলার পার্টিশন-কথা - উত্তর প্রজন্মের খোঁজে, organised by CLTCS, SoH......Detail
21.02.2024:National Webinar on "Education for Environment". Detail | ZOOM Link
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