BA, BSc, BEd admissions begin online

Panaji: The directorate of higher education (DHE) has begun the process of online admissions for the BA BEd (150 seats) and BSc BEd (50) programmes in the state for the academic year 2025-26.

The programmes are offered by Vidya Prabodhini College, Porvorim, and Harmal Panchakroshi Shikshan Mandal’s Ganpat Parsekar College, Harmal.

The DHE has said that the last date to submit online applications is May 16.

Interested candidates must apply through the Samarth e-governance portal of the DHE website.

“The merit list preparation and counselling process will be conducted by the respective colleges,” DHE official Mahadev Gawas has said. Applications without the GU-ART (conducted by Goa University) score will not be considered for admission, he said.

The DHE recently completed the first round of admissions to the first year of the general stream degree programme for colleges under the directorate’s administrative purview.

Around 40 colleges across the state are participating in the admission process, offering more than 30 undergraduate programmes. Over 9,000 online applications were received.

Gawas said that students should check the DHE Goa website and the Samarth portal for further details on admissions.