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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|University in West Bengal, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox university<br />
| image = WBUTTEPA KOLKATA LOGO.png<br />
| name = Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University<br />
| motto = Excellence in Teacher Education<br />
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|2015}}<br />
| type = [[Public university|Public]]<br />
| chancellor = [[Governor of West Bengal]]<br />
| budget = {{INRConvert|1.0332|c}} <small>(2021–22 est.)</small><ref>{{cite web|date=Feb 5, 2021 |title=Detailed Demands For Grants For 2021-22 |url=http://wbfin.nic.in/writereaddata/Budget_Publication/2021_bp3.pdf |access-date=Feb 6, 2021}}</ref><br />
| vice_chancellor = Soma Bandyopadhyay<br />
| city = [[Kolkata]]<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coor = {{coord|22.5302408|N|88.3559906|E|format=dms|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=title, inline}}<br />
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]<br />
| academic_affiliation = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<br />
| website = {{Official URL}}<br />
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'''Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University''', formerly known as '''West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, Education Planning and Administration (WBUTTEPA)''', was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, 16 January 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wbuttepa.ac.in/history.php|title=History|website=wbuttepa.ac.in|access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> This is the first university in India set up by any State Government exclusively for training teachers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/the-first-university-to-train-teachers-coming-up-in-bengal/|title=The first university to train teachers coming up in Bengal – All India Trinamool Congress|accessdate=1 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bengal-to-bring-all-BEd-colleges-under-one-roof/articleshow/41812905.cms | title=Bengal to bring all BEd colleges under one roof | date=6 September 2004 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=17 August 2018 }}</ref> The university was established in 2015 and Prof. Mita Banerjee became the first Vice Chancellor. It offers different teacher's training courses (B.Ed. and M.Ed.) at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The courses are approved by [[National Council for Teacher Education]]. It has 200 teachers' training colleges affiliated to its jurisdiction and its horizon encompasses the entire state of [[West Bengal]].<br />
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On 27 June 2022, Govt of West Bengal changed The present name of the university from WBUTTEP&A to Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University<ref>{{Cite news |date=Mar 29, 2022 |title=State rechristens B.ED college as Baba Saheb Ambedkar Edu Univ |work=Millennium Post 12:02 AM |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/state-rechristens-bed-college-as-baba-saheb-ambedkar-edu-univ-472616 |access-date=Mar 29, 2022}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.wbuttepa.ac.in/ B.Ed., M.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D. University in Kolkata]<br />
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