CBSE UGC NET Exam

Exam Dates/Notifications

SCHEDULE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORM, FEE DETAILS AND IMPORTANT DATES:

Study Plan

UGC NET परीक्षा 2019: पेपर-I में कैसे पाएं आसानी से सफलता !

Application Process

Candidates can apply for UGC-NET “Online” ONLY.

1. The Application Form other than online mode will not be accepted, in any case. Only one application is to be submitted by a candidate.
2.  Submission of Online Application Form may be done by accessing NTA website www.ntanet.nic.in only.

3. Candidates must follow the instructions strictly as given in the Information Bulletin and on NTA’s website. Candidates not complying with the instructions shall be summarily disqualified.

4. Candidates must ensure that e-mail address and Mobile Number provided in the Online Application Form are their own as all information/ communication will be sent by NTA through e-mail on e-mail address or SMS on given Mobile Number only.

5. Instructions for filling Online Application Form :

• Download Information Bulletin and Replica of Application Form. Read these carefully to ensure your eligibility.

• Follow the 4 steps given below to Apply Online:

Step-1: Fill in the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Application No. / (Please see Annexure - VIII)

Step-2: Upload scanned images of Candidate’s Photograph (between 10 kb - 200 kb) and Candidate’s Signature (between 4 kb - 30 kb) in JPG/JPEG format.

Step-3: Make payment of fee using SBI_MOPS and keep proof of fee paid.

Step-4: Print at least four printouts of Confirmation Page after successful remittance of fee.

• All the 4 Steps can be done together or at separate times.

Note:

1.The final submission of Online Application Form will remain incomplete if step-2 and step-3 are not completed. Such forms will stand rejected and no correspondence on this account will be entertained.

2. No request for refund of fee once remitted by the candidate will be entertained by NTA under any circumstances.

3.The entire application process of UGC-NET is online, including uploading of scanned images, Payment of Fees, and Printing of Confirmation Page.Therefore, candidates are not required to send/submit any document(s) including Confirmation Page to NTA through Post/ Fax/ By Hand.

Vacancies

It is Only Eligibility Test.

Selection Process

The eligibility only ‘for Assistant Professor’ or for ‘both Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor’ will depend on the performance of the candidate in both the papers of UGC-NET in aggregate. However, the candidates qualifying exclusively for Assistant Professor will not be considered for award of JRF.

Eligibility Criteria

For candidates who wish to appear for NET 2019 conducted by UGC, they must clear all the defined standards. Given below is the eligibility criteria to appear for NTA UGC NET 2019:

Age Limit

Age Limit and Relaxation

(i) JRF: Not more than 30 years as on 01.12.2018. 

A relaxation upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to OBC (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC) SC/ST/PwD/Transgender categories and to women applicants. Relaxation will also be provided to the candidates having research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant/related subject of post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a certificate from appropriate authority. Three years relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates possessing L.L.M. Degree. A relaxation of upto 5 years is provided to the candidates who have served in the armed forces subject to the length of service in the armed forces upto the first day of the month in which the concerned UGC-NET is to be held. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any circumstances.

(ii) Assistant Professor: There is no upper age limit for applying for Assistant Professor.

Educational Qualification

Candidates who 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 and Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this Test.

The Other Backward Classes (OBC) belonging to non-creamy layer/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 are eligible for this Test.

Syllabus

What is the Syllabus of UGC NET?

The Test will consist of three papers having objective type questions. Paper-1 is common for all. Other two paper are optional subject based.

Syllabus of Paper I i.e. Teaching and Research Aptitude is as follows:

1. Teaching Aptitude

• Teaching: Nature, Objective, Characteristics and basic requirements
• learner's  Characteristics
• Factors affecting teaching
• Methods of teaching
• Teaching aids
• Evaluation Systems

2. Research Aptitude

• Research: Meaning, Characteristics and types
• Steps of Research
• Methods of Research
• Research Ethics
• Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium
• Thesis writing: its Characteristics and format

3. Reading Comprehension

•  A passage to be set with questions to be answered.

4. Communication

• Communications : Nature, Characteristics,types, barriers and effective classroom communications.

5. Reasoning(Including Mathematical)

• Number series; letter series;codes;
• Relationship; Classification

6. logical Reasoning

• Understanding the structure of arguments
• Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning
• Verbal analogies : World analogies-Applied analogy
• Verbal Classification
• Reasoning logical Diagrams:Simple diagrammatic relationship, Multi diagrammatic relationship
• Venn diagram; Analytical Reasoning

7. Data Interpretation

• Sources, acquisition and Interpretation of data
• Quantitative and Qualitative data
• Graphical Representation and Mapping of data

8. Information and communication Technology(ICT)

• ICT : Meaning, advantage, disadvantage and uses
• General abbreviations and terminology
• Basic Internet and e-mailing

9. People and Environment

• People and Environment Interaction
• Sources of Pollution
• Pollutants and their impact on human life, exploitation of natural and Energy resources
• Natural hazards and mitigation

10. Higher education system: Governance, polity and Administrations

• Structure of the institutions for higher learning and research in India; formal and distance education; professional/technical and general education; Value education;Governance,polity and administration; concept, institutions and their interactions. 

List of Paper II NET subjects and their Codes

 To know UGC Net Exam complete syllabus go through the link mentioned below: http://www.ugc.ac.in/net/syllabus.aspx   

Exam Pattern

National Eligibility Test (NET) Exam Pattern

The test consists of two papers. All the papers contain objective type questions. The pattern of the paper is as follows -