The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced a revised schedule for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) December 2024 examination, as stated in a report by NDTV.
Initially scheduled from January 3 to January 16, 2025, the exam on January 15, 2025, was postponed owing to Pongal, Makar Sankranti, and other festivals.
The UGC-NET exam, conducted for admission to PhD programmes, awarding Junior Research Fellowships (JRF), and determining eligibility for assistant professor roles, is being held for 85 subjects in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode.
According to the official notification released by NTA, the revised schedule is as follows:
Exams scheduled for January 21, 2025 (9 am - noon):
- Indian Knowledge System
- Malayalam
- Urdu
- Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management
- Criminology
- Tribal and Regional Language/Literature
- Folk Literature
- Konkani
- Environmental Sciences
Exams scheduled for January 27, 2025 (3 pm - 6 pm):
- Sanskrit
- Mass Communication and Journalism
- Japanese
- Performing Arts – Dance/Drama/Theatre
- Electronic Science
- Women’s Studies
- Law
- Nepali
The exam originally scheduled for January 15 included 17 subjects such as Sanskrit, Mass Communication and Journalism, Law, Japanese, Women’s Studies, Malayalam, Konkani, and Criminology.
The UGC-NET determines candidates’ eligibility to become university assistant professors and junior research fellows. Last year, the exam was also postponed after the Education Ministry raised concerns regarding its integrity.
