BRAOU B.Ed Special Education Entrance Test 2025, Apply on braouonline.in | Ambedkar Open University

BRAOU Distance BEd Special Education Admission 2025 or BRAOU B.Ed Special Education Entrance Test 2025 notification has been released by the Ambedkar Open University on its official website, braouonline.in.

Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), the Department of Education is offering B.Ed. The programme, approved by NCTE (National Council for Teacher Education), from 2008 in Telugu medium. Candidates who are interested to join in Distance B.Ed in Special Education can apply through online mode.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), the Department of Education is offering B.Ed. Special Education (SE) Programme in Telugu and English media, approved by RCI (Rehabilitation Council of India), from the Academic Year 2009.

So, BRAOU, Department of Education has released the BEd (SE) Entrance Test 2025 Notification on 19-04-2025. The University invites the online applications from the eligible candidates for admission into BEd(SE) through Entrance Test.

This notification Eligibility Criteria, Educational Qualifications, Age limit, How to apply, online application form, last date for apply, exam date,  registration fee, course fee, hall tickets, results, and more details are provided here.

BEd(SE) Program Details: B.Ed. (SE) programme is being offered through distance mode by Dr. BRAOU, Hyderabad. It aims to develop professionals for special education within a broad perception of education in the twenty-first century.

The programme is intended to train the professionals to enable them to imbibe knowledge, understanding, attitude, and skill to impart education effectively to the disabled.

Ambedkar Open University Distance BEd Admission 2025

B.Ed (SE) Program Objectives

The B.Ed. (SE) programme of Dr. BRAOU aims to enable the Trainee Teacher to achieve the following objectives.

• To develop a broad perspective of the role of specially trained professionals as an agent of change in the prevailing and emerging Indian Society in the ensuring age of IT revolution and globalization.
• To develop confidence among the learners about their potentialities, abilities, and usefulness to save society with a sense of freedom, self-respect, and dignity.
• To develop professional competencies among the learners to educate the different disabled groups.
• To understand various methods and approaches to organizing learning experiences of the disabled groups of learners in the disability area for inclusive/integrated/special education set up.
• To understand and develop the ability to manage special schools.
• To develop competencies to organize various co-curricular and extracurricular activities, specially for differently-abled children.

Duration of BEd SE Program:

• Minimum period to complete the programme is 2 ½ Academic Years (i.e. 5 Semesters).
• Maximum period to complete the programme is 6 Academic Years.

Medium of BEd (SE) Program:

The medium of instruction is English and Telugu. The students are required to submit the Assignments and Records, Teaching Practice and Practical Lesson Records in the same medium which he/she opted at the time of admission.

A candidate has to pay an additional amount of Rs.700/- (Rupees Seven Hundred only) for change of Methodology. A student is allowed to change Methodology before the commencement of 3rd Semester 1st workshop.

The students may change the medium of instructions on payment of Rs. 800/- (Rupees Eight Hundred only) before first semester examinations or without appearing the examinations.

B.Ed Special Education Tuition Fee

For Entire B.Ed Special Education Programme of two and half years (i.e. 5 Semesters)Total fee Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty Thousand only) Rs.30.000/-(Rupees Thirty Thousand only) for tuition fee + Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten thousand only) towards Learner Support Services fee) to be paid at the time of Admissions. The payment must be made through online only. Examination fee has to be paid as per the norms of the University.

Eligibility Criteria for BRAOU B.Ed Special Education Entrance Test

Candidate satisfying the following requirements shall be eligible to appear for the entrance test.

• The Candidate should be an Indian Citizen.
• The Candidate who has obtained any Bachelor’s Degree from any Recognised University i.e., B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Sc. (Home Science)/ B.Com. / B.C.A / B.B.M. is Eligible for Admission.
• Weightage will be given to the candidates fulfilling any one of the following conditions in the Common Entrance test apart from their marks obtained in the test.
• Parent of a child with Disability – 10Marks (Disability Certificate of Child from the competent authority must be enclosed)
• A person with Disability – 10Marks (Disability Certificate from the competent authority must be enclosed).
• Professional of any RCI Recognised Qualification – 10Marks (Copy of RCI Registration Certificate must be enclosed)
• Those appearing in Qualifying Examination (Bachelor or a Higher Degree) can also apply. But they will be required to submit the proof of having passed the Qualifying Examination at the time admission. Otherwise, they are not allowed for admission.
• Candidate should have completed 21 Years as on 01.07.2021. No upper age limit.
• Note: (1) As per the G.O No. 92, the candidate who passed B.E/B.Tech/ MBBS/BDS/ BPT /BAMS/ BL/LL.B /B.Sc. (ASLP)/ B.O.L B.A.(Languages) and other such professional courses are not eligible for admission into B.Ed. (SE) course.
• (2) Care of choosing the area of specialization in your B.Ed. (SE) Programme:
  • Visual Impairment (VI)
  • Mental Retardation (MR)
  • Hearing Impairment (HI)
• (3) Candidate can shift their Area of Specialisation i.e. HI/MR/VI at the time of Admission as per their interest and availability of the seats in leftover vacancies.

B.Ed (SE) Admission Procedure:

Centralized Admission will be done on the basis of the score obtained in the entrance test conducted by Dr. BRAOU. The candidate will be required to submit only the filled-in application form without enclosures. There will be a total of 490 seats in B.Ed. (Special Education) Programme. The number of candidates to be admitted in each area of Specialization in the University shall be as follows:

(a) Visual Impairment: 50,
(b) Hearing Impairment: 200,
(c) Mentally Retardation: 240

Scheme of BRAOU BEd Special Education Entrance Test:

• The entrance test will be held on 06-06-2025.
• Candidates are expected in the examination hall by 1.30 PM.
• The entrance test will be for 100 Marks with 100 objective types (Multiple Choice) questions and is of 2 hours duration.
• The syllabus and the model questions are furnished separately in this booklet.
• The medium of Entrance test: English & Telugu

Syllabus for Entrance Test:

Syllabus for the subjects under Part – I, and Part – II of the B.Ed. (SE) Entrance Test is as follows.

Part – I: General English Comprehension

• Reading Comprehension
• Correction of Sentences, Articles, Prepositions, Tenses, Spelling
• Vocabulary, Synonyms, Antonyms
• Transformation of Sentences – Simple, Compound and Complex
• Voices – Direct Speech and Indirect Speech.

Part – II: General Mental Ability

• Logical & Analytical Reasoning
• Verbal & Abstract Reasoning

Ranking

Candidates will be ranked in the order of the merit in the B.Ed.(SE)-ODL Entrance Test. In case of candidates getting equal marks, Part- II marks will be taken into account to decide relative ranking.

In the case of candidates getting equal marks in two parts of the test paper, age shall be taken into consideration for relative ranking among the bracketed candidates. The rank obtained in B.Ed.(SE) Entrance Test is valid for entry into B.Ed.(SE)-ODL Programme for the Academic Year 2022-23 only.

The Qualifying mark in the B.Ed. (SE)Entrance Test for all candidates is 35. For candidates belonging to SC/ST communities there is no qualifying mark for ranking. Request for Re-Totalling and Re-evaluation or personal identification of scripts will not be entertained.

Test Centers: The Entrance Test will be held at the Regional Coordination Centres of BRAOU.

Eligibility Criteria for the Choice of Methodology in B.Ed. (SE):

• Mathematics: B.A. / B.Sc. with Mathematics as one of the group subjects and B.C.A. candidates with Mathematics at Intermediate level in optional Mathematics stream are also eligible.
• Physical Sciences: Candidates with B.Sc. who have studied Physics and Chemistry OR Allied Material Sciences under Part-II group subjects. B.C.A. candidates with Physical Sciences (Physics & Chemistry) at Intermediate level as group subjects are also eligible.
• Biological Sciences: Candidates with B.Sc. / B.Sc. (Home Science) who have studied Botany and Zoology OR Allied Life Sciences under Part-II group subjects and B.C.A. candidates with Biological Sciences at Intermediate level with optional Biological Sciences are also eligible.
• Social Studies: All candidates with B.A. / B.Com./B.O.L. students with Social Studies background at Intermediate level as group subjects are eligible.

Important Documents for B.Ed Special Education

• SSC/Equivalent certificate for Date of Birth proof.
• Degree/PG Marks Memos and Provisional /Convocation certificate.
• RCI approved Diploma completion certificate (if available Diploma/Degree (VI/HI/ID)
• Medical Board Certificate (for PH candidates / Parent of Child with disability issued by Competent Authority)
• Latest Passport size Photo with Signature (JPEG format and less than 60 KB).

Steps to complete the BRAOU B.Ed SE Entrance Test Registration?

The candidate has to register his/her candidature for appearing B.Ed. SE Entrance Test in University website www.braouonline.in and payment of registration fee through online fee payment method across the state on or before the deadline.

• Candidates need to visit the university portal at https://myapplication.in/BRAOU/.
• Once on the official website, click on the “BRAOU B.Ed-ODL” link.
• A new webpage will appear after selecting the “BRAOU B.Ed-ODL” link.
• Click on the “Application Fee Payment” link highlighted on the page. This will take you to a “Payment Verification” webpage.
• On the “Payment Verification” page, fill in all the required details in the respective fields and click on the button labeled “Proceed to Payment.”
• After proceeding, you will be directed to the “Payment” webpage. Pay the registration fee using your preferred payment method.
• Once the payment is successful, a confirmation message will appear, displaying your payment reference ID.
• Next, return to the homepage and click on the “Fill Application Form” tab. This will open another webpage.
• Provide the fee payment details and click on “Proceed to Fill the Application Form.”
• The Application Form will then be displayed.
• Fill out the form with the necessary information and upload the required documents. Finally, click the submit button.
• After submitting, click on “Print Application” to view and print your Application Form. Make sure to keep a copy for future reference.

B.Ed Program Centers:

The Programme Centre is the contact point at the local level. The candidate has to select the programme centre based on his/her merit/rank. The programme centres provides Audio-Visual equipment, Library and other facilities in all working days.

• There are 500 Seats (both English & Telugu media) in B.Ed. (SE)-[ODL] Programme.
• In each Programme Centre, Maximum 50 seats will be filled in Specialised Subject area.
• Candidate can opt any centre based on his/her merit and availability of vacancies.
• The specialization chosen at the time of applied for entrance will be final.
• The request for the change will be allowed based on the availability of seats at end of admissions after last ranker of the concern specialization is given opportunity.
• The University doesn’t shift students from one centre to another at any cost (No mutual transfers are allowed).
• Students should attend workshops only at the programme centre allotted to them