Responsibility of conducting National Eligibility Test (NET) to remain solely with UGC
On Thursday, the
Ministry Of Human Resource Development (MHRD) informed the
Rajya Sabha that no proposal has been considered to entrust the responsibility of conducting
National Eligibility Test (NET) to anybody else than the
University Grants Commission (UGC).
"As per directions of MHRD the
CBSE has been conducting the UGC-NET examination. There is no proposal under consideration at present to entrust responsibility of conducting the exam through any other mechanism," said minister of state for HRD Upednra Kushwaha.
The NET exam is conducted for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor both in Indian Universities and Colleges.
Another Development :
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The University Grants Commission has also revised the procedure and criteria of qualifying candidates and as such it has been decided that 6% of the total candidates who appear in the UGC-NET examination will be declared qualified. Earlier the criteria involved qualifying top 15% of those candidates in each subject and category, who obtained the minimum required marks in paper I, paper II and paper III according to the category of the candidates.
About UGC NET:
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University Grants Commission (UGC) is a statutory organisation established by the union government in 1956. Its main objective is to provide recognition to the Indian universities and provide funds to such recognised universities and colleges.The exam is conducted in streams such as Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Commerce etc.
Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/