owing to its strategic location janki devi memorial college jdmc which is situated amidst a cluster of public and private schools plans to offer a fulltime bed programme from the next academic session it would be the second college in delhi university du to offer a bed programme after shyama prasad mukherjee college based on our student feedback we mooted the idea to offer bed in the college since it is surrounded by many schools it would be an added advantage to offer a teachertraining programme said indu anand principal jdmc the college has got a formal approval from concerned authorities to launch the programme anand informed we have set up the necessary infrastructure and also decided on the faculty required to offer the bed programme she said the courses offered would be the same as at dus faculty of education admissions would be on the basis of an entrance exam conducted by the faculty every year she said an array of exciting courses is waiting for students planning to take admission in jdmc this year in order to improve employment opportunities for its graduates the college will be starting shortterm courses in tourism english language proficiency and computer application every girl wants to be economically independent the moment she graduates hence we will be starting courses that would train our students in joboriented skills anand said the college has tiedup with the delhi institute of tourism and travel management dittm to offer a threemonth training programme in tourism the course would equip students in operating basic computerised reservation system and other tourismrelated skills we are expecting that our students would be an asset during the time of commonwealth games 2010 anand pointed out the college has also tiedup with dus institute of life long learning illl to start a basiclevel course in english language proficiency the course aims to enhance communication skills of students which plays an important role during the time of recruitment the college would charge rs 2500 from those interested in joining the course the classes would be held thrice a week after college hours in order to train students in computer application a certification course in microsoft office would also be offered from this academic season the course would be offered in both regular classroom and online mode those interested in joining regular classes would be charged a fee of rs 4500 for the twomonth programme and students joining the course through the online medium would be charged rs 2500 as fee amount