NET to be objective type from this year

Updated on: Saturday, April 28, 2012

The National Eligibility Test (NET), conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC), will be completely objective type from this year.

Comprising of the three papers, the first objective type NET exam will be conducted on June 24.

Apart from the candidates being allowed to carry the carbon printout of the optical mark recognition  (OMR) answer sheet with them after the exams, the new pattern will carry no negative marking.  

The UGC conducts NET to determine eligibility for lectureship and for obtaining Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in order to ensure basic standards for the entrants in the teaching profession and research.

So far the pattern of the exam had been subjective, where the candidates had to write detailed answers. The UGC decided to change the pattern of examination. Held on the same day in two separate sessions, all the three papers will be objective with same syllabus as that of the previous year.

Meanwhile, the change in pattern seemed to have brought lot of confusion among the aspirants.

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