M.Phil

Yes! You are eligible to pursue a career as a teacher if you have completed an M.Phil degree. However, you should also consider pursuing a B.Ed. It will help you increase your chances of securing a job in a school, as most schools prefer to hire teachers with a B.Ed. If you want to become a government school teacher, you will also have to clear the TET examination, which is conducted annually and is used for hiring teachers in government schools across India.

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IGNOU no longer offers an MPhil degree or specialization, as it has been declared invalid by the UGC in 2020. Master's graduates are now eligible to directly pursue a PhD after they complete their postgraduate degree. Students who wish to continue their education after their PG but are reluctant about a PhD programme can also go for PG Diploma courses, as they are generally shorter and offer specializations.

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The MPhil degree is comparatively tough. It is a challenging, transitional degree that allows students to conduct research under the supervision of their professors and hone skills that will help them conduct independent research. Since students are required to conduct research, write a thesis, and present their research, it becomes a particularly hard course and requires sincerity, interest, and critical and logical thinking. Students also learn how to compose their arguments in a well-structured manner. 

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Students who wish to take up an MPhil course can still pursue it through private institutes where it is still available. For admission to any university for an advanced postgraduate degree like an M.Phil, students are generally asked to submit documents like:

• Class X, XII Mark Sheet
• Graduation, Post-Graduation Degree
• Photo ID Proof (like: Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, Passport, etc.)
• Candidate's Photograph
• Candidate's Signature
• Caste Certificate (if the candidate applies for SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwD reservation)

Before it was discontinued, yes.

The eligibility conditions to pursue an M.Phil course is a PG degree with at least 50% marks. The MPhil degree allowed students to explore research and develop skills that would help them in completing a PhD.

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MPhil Course Admission

The M.Phil degree is now invalid after the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India declared it as discontinued. Students cannot pursue an M.Phil degree from government colleges as it is no longer recognized. 

Only the students who wish to pursue an M.Phil in Clinical Psychology and M.Phil Psychiatric Social Work programs can pursue it since they have been allowed an extension till 2026.

However, some private colleges and institutes continue to offer MPhil in other specializations as well, and students still pursue an M.Phil despite the orders and warnings from UGC.

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MPhil Course Admission

An M.Phil course is an advanced, higher-level master's research degree that is pursued by students after completing their postgraduate degree.  It is a bridge course between a Masters programme and a PhD that allowed students to pursue supervised research projects to help prepare for a PhD. An M.Phil degree has now been discontinued by UGC under the NEP 2020. 

The M.Phil course duration used to be 2 years. Since the MPhil course has been discontinued, students can now directly pursue a PhD degree after they have completed a 4-year UG degree (3+1 year of research) if they graduate with at least 75% marks and are able to clear the UGC NET exam.