Online application form dates extended for UGC NET 2013

Conducted by the National Educational Testing Bureau of University Grants Commission (UGC), National Eligibility Test (NET) determines eligibility for lectureship and for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian nationals in order to ensure minimum standards for the entrants in the teaching profession and research.

The test in conducted for the following subjects:

• Humanities (including languages)
• Social Sciences
• Forensic Science
• Environmental Sciences
• Computer Science and Applications
• Electronic Science

UGC NET 2013 is scheduled to be conducted on Sunday, June 30, 2013.

Eligibility:

• Aspirants must have  secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognised by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. The Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with disability (PWD) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination too can apply
• Candidates who have appeared OR will be appearing at the qualifying Master’s degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited OR candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for this Test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for award of JRF/Lectureship eligibility only after they have passed their Master’s degree examination or equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of SC/ST/PWD (Persons with disability) category candidates). Such candidates must complete their P.G. degree examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.
• The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master’s level examination had been completed by September 19, 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e., from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET.
• Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their post-graduation only.
• Candidates having post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/Institute or foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the foreign University/Institute should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their diploma/degree/certificate with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi. (www.aiuweb.org) 

Scheme of examination:

• Paper-I: General in nature, it assesses the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It is designed to test the reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. Sixty (60) multiple choice questions of two marks each will be given, out of which the candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50). In the event of the candidate attempting more than 50 questions, the first 50 questions attempted by the candidate would be evaluated.
• Paper-II: It consists of 50 objective type compulsory questions based on the subject selected by the candidate. Each question will carry two marks.
• Paper-III: This one consists of 75 objective type compulsory questions from the subject selected by the candidate. Each question will carry two marks. All questions of Paper-II and Paper-III will be compulsory, covering entire syllabus (including all electives, without options).

The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the Test Booklet

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