RIE BHUBANESWAR EXPERIENCES

 Completed your B.Ed.So what's next that you plan to do?Are you planning to do M.Ed?What are the job opportunities after completion of M.Ed?In this blog I will share my experiences as a M.Ed student at Regional Institute of Education,Bhubaneswar.

To get into the institute one needs to pass in the Entrance exam held.Questions  for selection of candidates for the M.Ed course consist of teaching aptitute,reasoning and english.Marks obtained in the qualifying exam which is B.Ed is also taken along with marks obtained at entrance for the final selection process.

M.Ed trainees get to learn theoretical concepts along with field exposure where they get to interact with students in universities  and colleges.Some other components of field exposure include interaction with SCERT OPEPA staff etc. along with visit to Ashram schools,DIETs etc.This is very enriching.It helps teacher educators to understand and experience real life situations outside classroom and relate classroom  learning to eveyday life.

RIE BBSR is  A Constituent Unit of NCERT New Delhi.RIE Bhubabeswar  is located in the Temple City of India Bhubaneswar in Odisha.It caters to the need of teachers and teacher educators for the eastern zone of India.It was earlier known as Regional college of Education.All total there are five Regional Colleges of Education spread in different places cross the country in Shillong Bhubaneswar,Ajmer Bhopal and Mysore.

RIE Bhubaneswar has different functions as a constituent unit of NCERT.Itorganizes different training programmes  for teachers which include progrms  for Madrassa teachers,pre school  etc.It also runs different programmes  like Integrated B.Ed and M.Ed courses.It caters to the need of both pre service and in service teacher education and works for capacity building of teachers.

The institute is well eqquiped with different ICT facilities and other modern amenities.It is a campus which is located  in the heart of Bhubaneswar.It caters to the need of the north eastern states and to the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Island.

It is actively involved in research and develpment activities related to the field of school education.

The different courses offered include

 4 years B Sc B.Ed

4 years B.A B.Ed 

2 years B.Ed

 2 years M.Ed 

1year DCGC which is Diploma in Guidance and Counselling

 M.Phil in Education and 

Pre-Ph.D in Education.

If  you are someone who is willing to pursue your higher studies in the field of Education this is one of the best  campus in the country.It is a  fully residential campus with hostel facilities for boys and girls.For holistic develpment of the trainees different cultural  programmes are also organized through out the year.It is well connected to different parts of the country.The nearest airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport and the Bhubaneswar train station  is also of easy access from the institute.

The job opportunities include going into the teaching profession as teachers or as teacher educators in B.Ed colleges,Lecturers etc.You can go for Ph.D if you want to go in the field of research.

This is all in this blog.Hope it will definately help all those students and aspirants who wish to enter in to the teaching profession and envision themselves as  future teachers and teacher educators.If you feel like you have some query do  comment.Here is my email id

priyankakoch43@gmail.com