In a notification, the National Council for Teacher Education stated that the four year long BA/BSc- BEd courses will discontinue from the academic year 2026 and 2027 instead of 2025 to 2026
CET and CAP of the four-year B.A./B.Sc-B.Ed (Integrated) course for the Academic Year 2025-26 will be conducted through the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai. Representation Pic/File
The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), in a public announcement on Wednesday, said that the four year long BA/BSc- BEd courses will discontinue from the academic year 2026 and 2027 instead of 2025 to 2026 and would be replaced by Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP).
In a notification, the NCTE stated that the four year long BA/BSc- BEd courses will discontinue from the academic year 2026 and 2027 instead of 2025 to 2026.
The notice also said that the current four year teaching course will be replaced by the Integrated Teacher Education Programme from the academic year 2026-27.
Following this transition, the Department of Higher and Technical Education at Mantralaya in Mumbai has administered the implementation of a Common Entrance Test and Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for the academic year 2025-26, especially for this course.
As per the referenced letter dated 23/05/2025, the Department of Higher Education, Mantralaya has directed that a Common Entrance Test (CET) and Centralised Admission Process (CAP) should be implemented for the four-year BA/BSc-BEd (Integrated) course only for the Academic Year 2025-26.
| Sr. No | Name of CET | Online Registration & Application Form Filling | Start Date | End Date |
| 1 | MAH- B.A/B.Sc-B.Ed. (Integrated) CET-2025 | Online Registration & Application Submission | 02/06/2025 | 15/06/2025 |
CET and CAP of the four-year B.A./B.Sc-B.Ed (Integrated) course for the Academic Year 2025-26 will be conducted through the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai.
The CET of the said course will be conducted on Sunday, 20/07/2025. In addition, CAP of the said course will be conducted after the result declaration. A separate schedule in this regard will be published on the website, it said.
The Department of Higher and Technical Education in Mumbai has directed the implementation of both a Common Entrance Test and a Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for the academic year 2025–26, specifically for this course, the notification said.
The directive was confirmed through correspondence for the academic year 2025 to 2026, it said.
The final round of the admission into the existing course will mark the transition of the education course for teachers. With the ITEP to take over in 2025-26, this is the last opportunity for the students to enroll for the traditional integrated course, the notification further said.
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