Certificates or Documents for Admission:

A candidate shall be required to submit the following certificates/documents at the time of admission

1. (i) Certificate of passing the qualifying Examination as recognized by the University Rule 1, specified above.
   (ii) Its attested Xerox copy.
2. (i) B. Ed. Degree Certificate. (ii) Its attested Xerox copy.
3. (i) CET score card
   (ii) Its attested Xerox copy.
4. (i) Migration Certificate (in case of students having passed the last examination from the University other than the S. N. D. T. Women‘s University).
   (ii) Certificate for the change in the name on account of marriage (in case of student having passed the qualifying examination under her maiden name). This certificate shall be from a Special Executive Magistrate or a Magistrate bearing his office seal. Alternatively, a copy of the Government Gazette in which the change of name has been notified; may be submitted.(iii) Caste certificate (if applicable).

(a) Medium of Instruction:

The medium of instruction for the M. Ed. Course will be Marathi or English provided the Department concerned can make arrangement and is permitted to do so by the University.

(b) Medium of Dissertation:

The students, with prior permission, have option for the medium of the dissertation as Marathi, English or Hindi irrespective of the medium of Instruction, but not different from the medium of the M. Ed. Examination.

(c) Medium of Examination:

The medium of the Examination shall be Marathi or English or Hindi. With prior permission, the students will have the option to write their theory papers in any of the above media irrespective of their medium of Instruction.

a) Subject:

The Departmental Committee shall finalize the Proposals of the Dissertations submitted by the M. Ed. Students and the respective Head of the Department shall communicate the approval to the students, within one month from the commencement of the course.

b) Submission of Dissertation:

The M. Ed. Student shall submit a copy along with the soft copy of her dissertation, duly certified by the recognized guide, to the Head of the respective Department before commencement of the Final Examination, on the date decided by the Head of the Department. On recommendation of the Guide, a student may be granted permission by the Head, to submit her dissertation after the Examination but not later than four weeks after the date of the end of the Examination.

(c) Viva voce of the Dissertation:

The viva voce will be based on the dissertation submitted by the M. Ed. Student and it will be held before or after the M. Ed. Theory Examination at the respective Department.

(d) Assessment of Dissertation:

1. The B.O.E. shall appoint two referees, one of whom shall always be the recognized guide of the student, to assess the dissertation. Each dissertation, including the viva, will be assessed individually by each referee and the average of their assessment marks will be taken as the final result of the dissertation.

2. The viva voce of each candidate will be conducted jointly by both the referees and average of their individual assessment will be taken as the final result of the viva voce.

Eligibility of Admission to the M. Ed. Examination:

At least 80% of attendance of the total number of working days in each semester.

Internal Work:

a) Completion of all items of internal work in each semester is to be done by each student individually and / or jointly in a group, as prescribed in the syllabus before appearing for the semester.

b) In case the student is sanctioned absence on medical grounds, she has to complete the items of internal yearly work that she may have missed during her absence, as may be re- arranged by the department.

c) The Head of the Department shall send the Internal assessment marks to the C.O.E. of the University before the commencement of the examination.

Standard of Passing:

To pass the examination candidate must obtain at least 40 % marks in each component ( theory, related practical work, internship and dissertation). The candidate must pass theory and practical separately.

Scale down:

At the time of finalization of result a minimum of 20 % difference will be allowed between aggregate internal and aggregate external marks. In case of excess marks in internal, automatic scale down will be applied. That is applicable to those students who have appeared for external examination of all courses.