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Expert committee to decide on new UGC-NET syllabus

The University Grant Commission (UGC) in India has decided to form a new curriculum for the National Eligibility Test (NET) examination that is mandatory for individuals aspiring to pursue teaching positions in higher education.

PhD admission

The UGC will be entitled to hold a single PhD entrance test through which all universities and colleges must fill 40 per cent of their PhD seats in every subject. The rest of the 60 per cent seats will be filled on the basis of students’ scores in the National Eligibility Test that is held mainly for the post of assistant professors.

UGC to launch a common entrance test for university admissions

Talking to the Statesman, Prof M Jagadesh Kumar said that it was one of the most important parts of the NEP2020 (National Education Policy). “This would do away with the inequality in the education system of different boards and create a level playing field for all the students of various state universities. 

Cutting corners

Very pertinently has it been pointed out that students will spend three semesters learning things that they have learnt in school. In point of fact, the Honours subject has been accorded an astonishingly minor rating in the overall construct. Not before the third semester will the students be taught the Honours subject, a discipline that is reinforced at the post-graduate level.