National Eligibility Test June, 2012 for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship

National Eligibility Test

Important Dates

Application Submission End Date : Monday; Apr. 30, 2012 Last date for receiving the documents* at the test center : Monday; May 07, 2012 Examination Date : Sunday; June 24, 2012

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
i)	The candidates must read the conditions of eligibility as given at item no. 3 carefully and must satisfy themselves regarding their eligibility for the Test before filling the online application and submitting the printout of Online Application Forms.
ii)	Candidates will be issued the Admission Card by the respective Test Centres after allotment of test venue. Candidates should note that their candidature is strictly provisional. The mere fact that Admission Card has been issued to any candidate shall not imply that the Commission has finally accepted his/her candidature.
iii)	UGC may change the centre(s) or date of examination without assigning any reason.
iv)	Applications received after the last date will not be entertained.
v)	No TA will be paid to the candidates.
vi)	Canvassing in any form will disqualify the candidate.
vii)	The decision of the Commission shall be final in all matters.
viii)	All legal disputes pertaining to this Test shall fall within the jurisdiction of Delhi Courts only.
ix)	Candidates should correspond only with their respective Test centres for Admission Card or any other relevant information. UGC will not entertain any requests/queries in this regard.
x)	The use of calculators or Log Tables is not permitted. Mobile phones, pagers and electronic devices etc. are not allowed in the Examination Hall/Room.
xi)	A candidate who does not appear in paper-I, will not be permitted to appear in paper-II and paper-III.
xii)	Candidates will not be allowed to write any question from the Test Booklet on the Admission Card or on any other paper.
xiii)	Those candidates who do not receive their Admission Card (Roll Number) after allotment of the Venue of Test by the Co-ordinator of the respective Centre for appearing in the UGC-NET till 17th June 2012, are advised to contact the office of Registrar/Co-ordinator of their UGC-NET Centres from 18th to 23rd June, 2012, with the copy of Admission Card (Provisional) and two identical passport-size photographs duly attested by a gazetted officer. No Admission Card (Roll Number) will be issued on the day of the Test (i.e. 24th June, 2012). UGC will not be responsible for any delay/non-receipt of the Admission card. Those candidates who have received the Admission Card (Roll Number) from the Test Centre without mentioning venue of Test ( or venue of Test is not clear) are advised to immediately contact the office of Registrar/Co-ordinator of their UGC-NET Centre well in advance before the date of examination (i.e. 24-06-2012).
xiv)	Candidates should ensure that the signatures appended and photographs pasted by them in all the places, viz. in their Application Form, Attendance Slip and Admission Card should be identical and there should be no variation of any kind.
xv)	The candidates in their own interest are requested to retain a photocopy of the Application Form, Admission Card and Attendance Slip for record.
xvi)	Applications submitted on any other format (including old UGC format) will not be accepted.
xvii)	Printout of online application sent directly to the UGC will not be accepted.
xviii)	Applications received after the last date (i.e. 07.05.2012) at the test centre will not be accepted.
xix)	Submission of Online Application is mandatory. Hard copies submitted to the Test Centre without online submission, will not be accepted.
xx)	Application Form must be complete in all respects as per the Notification.
xxi)	All incomplete Application Forms will be rejected.
xxii)	UGC will not issue any mark sheet to qualified/non qualified candidates.
xxiii)	There is no provision for re-evaluation of papers.

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UGC-NET IN OBJECTIVE MODE FROM JUNE, 2012 ONWARDS

1. The UGC-NET will be conducted in objective mode from June 2012 onwards. The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will consist of only objective type questions and will be held on the day of Examination in two separate sessions as under: Session Paper Number of Questions Marks Duration First I 60 out of which 50 questions are to be attempted 50x2 = 100 1¼ Hours (09.30 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.) First II 50 questions all of which are compulsory 50x2 = 100 1¼ Hours (10.45 a.m. to 12.00 Noon.) Second III 75 questions all of which are compulsory 75x2 = 150 2½ Hours (01.30 p.m. to 04.00 p.m.) 2. The candidates are required to obtain minimum marks separately in Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III as given below: Category Minimum marks (%) to be obtained Paper-I Paper-II Paper-III General 40 (40%) 40 (40%) 75 (50%) OBC (Non-creamy layer) 35 (35%) 35 (35%) 67.5 (45%) rounded off to 68 PH/VH/SC/ST 35 (35%) 35 (35%) 60 (40%) Only such candidates who obtain the minimum required marks in each Paper, separately, as mentioned above, will be considered for final preparation of result. However, the final qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and eligibility for Lectureship shall be decided by UGC before declaration of result. 3. The syllabus of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III will remain the same. 4. The candidates will be allowed to carry the carbon printout of OMR Response Sheets with them on conclusion of the examination. 5. There will be no negative marking.

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