NTA UGC NET JRF 2018 - Eligibility, Selection, Benefits

Starting a career in research filed is undoubtedly a good decision. The research fellow is an independent who performs work under the surveillance of a chief researcher. To get into research UGC NET JRF exam is a wise option. UGC NET JRF Exam was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), but from now onwards the National Testing Agency (NTA) will take over the command.

After qualifying UGC NET JRF Exam, you will be able to establish your career in research fields in reputed colleges and universities.

If you are unaware of the exam, you can read all about UGC NET JRF below in this blog. The work includes teaching and training.

All about National Eligibility Test (NET)

UGC NET (National Eligibility Test) is conducted to determine the students’ eligibility for lectureship and to get Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Award. The University Grants Commission has set some guidelines that must be proven before applying for this exam.

Clearing the exam is actually the door that opens the way of settling your career in research field.

University Grants Commission offers the scholarship to only those students who qualify the exam with good scores. The aim of this scholarship is to make the opportunities available to those candidates who dream and work hard for this field.

One of the main benefits after clearing the exam is that you are now eligible for doing Ph.d. In many colleges, the NET certificate is asked.

Are You Eligible for JRF (Junior Research Fellowship)?

To become eligible for the fellowship you must be qualified under the eligibility conditions set by the University Grants Commission.

As per the NET JRF Eligibility Criteria, the Candidates who have qualified in NET can only be shortlisted for UGC Scholarship by universities/colleges.

Complete Details of UGC NET JRF 2018 Scholarship

Initial Tenure – 2 years. Will be increased only if the candidates' work will be found satisfactory.

Scholarship Amount – INR 25000 (for 2 years) and INR 28000 (for remaining time)

• Contingency for Humanities and Social Sciences - INR 10,000/- per annum for initial two years and INR 20,500/- per annum for remaining three years.

• Contingency for Science - INR 12,000/- per annum for initial two years and INR 25,000/- per annum for remaining three years.

• Escorts/Reader Assistance – INR 2,000/- per month in case of physically and visually challenged candidates.

• HRA – As per University/Institute rules.

What are the benefits after clearing UGC NET JRF?

Candidates will be eligible to perform the lectureship/ research work in reputed colleges/ universities.

Many labs and institute accept students who have UGC NET Qualified certificate.

Many organizations release vacancies only for UGC NET Qualified candidates.

UGC NET JRF 2018 Selection Process

For getting the UGC NET Junior Research Fellowship Award candidates has to go through the following step –

They have to secure minimum marks in both the papers.

They will be selected depending on the subject wise and category wise merit list that is prepared on the basis of total marks secured by the candidates.

Top 15% candidates from each subject and category will be selected and declared NET Qualified and then a list is prepared among the net qualified candidates for selecting the candidates eligible for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF).

Updated UGC NET Syllabus for English Literature

We all know that CBSE has revised the exam pattern for CBSE UGC NET 2018 Exam. Previously there were three papers (Paper I, II, III). Now CBSE will conduct only two papers.

Paper I will be same as before but Paper II and III have been merged as Paper II.  So, all over only 2 papers will be conducted.

The latest notification of CBSE says that the syllabus of Paper 2 will cover the complete syllabus of paper III that was conducted previously.

Scheme of UGC NET 2018 English Literature Paper

Paper 1

Number of question – 50

Total Marks – 100

Paper 2

Number of Question – 100

Total Marks – 200

UGC NET Syllabus for English Literature

The syllabus for UGC NET English is very vast but you have to stud at least the important topics from the syllabus.

Complete syllabus for UGC NET English Literature can be read as below.

Chaucer to Shakespeare

Jacobean to Restoration Periods

Augustan Age: 18th Century Literature

Romantic Period

Victorian Period

Modern Period

Contemporary Period

American and other non – British Literature’s

Literary Theory and Criticism

Rhetoric and Prosody

Core Group

British Literature from Chaucer to the present day

Criticism and Literary Theory

Unit – I: Literary Comprehension (with internal choice of poetry stanza and prose passage; four comprehension questions will be asked carrying 4 marks each).

Unit – II: Up to the Renaissance

Unit – III: Jacobean to Restoration Periods.

Unit – IV: Augustan Age 18th Century Literature.

Unit – V: Romantic Period.

Unit – VI: Victorian and Pre – Raphaelites.

Unit – VII: Modem British Literature.

Unit – VIII: Contemporary British Literature.

Unit – IX: Literary Theory and Criticism up to T. S. Eliot.

Unit – X: Contemporary Theory.

(Elective / Optional

Elective – I: History of English Language, English Language Teaching.

Elective – II: European Literature from Classical Age to the 20th Century.

Elective – III: Indian writing in English and Indian Literature in English translation.

Elective – IV: American and other non – British English Literatures.

Elective – V: Literary Theory and Criticism.

Career options after clearing UGC NET English

Junior Research Fellow

Lecturer

Media & Journalism

Publishing Industry

Author, Script Writer, PR Writer, Copywriter or Blogger

Job in PSUs

Advertisement Manager

List of Books to Cover UGC NET English Syllabus

The essentials of Literature in English Post-1914

A Critical History of English Literature by David Daiches

Concise History of Indian Literature in English

A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory

Beginning Theory

Therefore, before starting your preparation for UGC NET English Literature, you must go through the complete syllabus, exam pattern and the scheme.

To perform well in the exam, you should also practice previous papers and UGC NET English Test Series, so that you can get an idea about the exact feel of the actual examination and answer the questions confidently.

NTA Will Conduct UGC NET From Now | Next Exam in Dec 2018

National Testing is all Set to Conduct UGC NET Dec 2018 as its First Exam. The Government has decided to give all the authority of conducting UGC NET Exam to a newly formed national level academic competition examination authority named National Testing Agency (NTA).

The UGC NET July 2018 Exam was the last exam conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). From now, only NTA will conduct the exam.  NTA will be created as a society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860. 

The detailed official notification has not released till now. But the expected dates are here-

Online submission of UGC NET 2018 December exam: September 1, 2018, to September 30, 2018.

Dates of UGC NET 2018 December examination: December 2, 2018, to December 16, 2018

Declaration of results: Last week of January 2019

The UGC NET examinations will be held in two shifts per day on Saturdays and Sundays.

According to the recent notification, the major competitive exams like NEET, JEE Main, CMAT, and GPAT will also be conducted by NTA from now onwards.

As per the HRD ministry, the NTA will establish a network of test practice centres for students of rural areas so that everyone will have an opportunity to practice before the exam.

The exams will be conducted online and will likely be conducted twice a year. The agency would function as an autonomous body and will be chaired by an educationist who will be appointed by the MHRD. The agency will have a board of governors who will represent the member institutions.

The agency would cater to about 40 lakh students who appear in various entrance exams. 1186454 students had registered for JEE Main exam this year. 11,38,890 had appeared for the NEET UG exam this year. Approximately 9.30 lakh candidates had registered for UGC NET which was concluded recently.

Be ready for December 2018 Exam!

All the best!

UGC NET July 2018 Answer Keys To Be Released Soon

The Central Boards of Secondary Education (CBSE) has successfully conducted the UGC NET July 2018 Exam this Sunday on 8th July 2018.

Thia might be the last UGC NET Exam that was conducted by CBSE. Because, after this exam, UGC NET and others many exams will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

This year a total of 1148235 students appeared for the exam. It was the highest ever recorded number of applicants for UGC NET Exam. This year 2082 exam centres were set by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). A total of 2864 observers were there along with 675 board officials. 

The exam that was conducted in 84 subjects at 91 cities. The exam consisted of two papers of objective type questions. Paper I was conducted for 1 Hour (from 09:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.). and paper II conducted for 2 Hours (11:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M.).

After examination aspirants wait for the answer keys to check the answers they marked. The UGC NET Answer Keys for July 2018 examination will be released in the month of August 2018 on the official website cbsenet.nic.in. The exact dates will be released soon.

In this blog, it was mentioned earlier that from next session the UGC NET Exam will be conducted by NTA instead of CBSE. the decision was taken by the HRD minister.

Here is also a good news that the next will be conducted in this year in the month of December. So be prepared for the second attempt this year itself.

All the best!

What is UGC NET? What are the Benefits of Qualifying the Exam?

UGC NET Exam is quite familiar with the youth of our country. Whatever it may be their stream or field of education, students who want to set their career as a professor or researcher can appear for UGC NET Exam.

If you have a UGC NET Qualification, and you also want to be a teacher or professor, you can easily attain your required goal.

With UGC NET certificate, you can easily get a job in reputed institutions and organization of our country.

Many of the you who are reading this post might not actually aware to this exam, but this exam will lead your career to the destination if you want to become a professor. Here you will be able to know all about UGC NET Exam, its eligibility, applying procedure, scope after qualifying etc.

What is UGC NET? What is the full form of UGC NET?

UGC NET Exam is National Eligibility Test (NET) that is conducted on the behalf of University Grants Commission (UGC) by the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education).

The exam is conducted to select the interested candidate who is eligible for the post of Assistant professor of Junior Research Fellow (JRF).

What is the Eligibility Criteria to appear for the exam?

If you want to set your future in the teaching field or get into research career after your postgraduation, you can appear for UGC NET Examination.

The qualified candidate can be awarded by lectureship or Junior Research Fellowship or Both.

If you want to get qualified for JRF, your age must be below 28 years. And, you must have passed your post-graduation with minimum 55% marks from any recognized university.

If you are considering becoming an Assistant Professor, there is no upper limit for your age.

The UGC NET exam is conducted in more than 80 subjects at approximately 90 exam centres.

What is the Procedure for Conducting UGC NET Exam?

The procedure of becoming a part of UGC NET Exam, you have to register for applying online. After you get assured by the eligibility criteria, you have to submit UGC NET Online Application and make the payment through an e-challan.

Then few days before the exam, the official will release UGC NET Admit Cards which you have to carry on exam day as an entry pass.

Next, you have to appear the online mode of UGC NET Exam. This year the exam is going to be held on 8^th July 2018.

After appearing for the exam, based on your marks, top 15% candidates are selected for merit list.

As per the merit list, you will get awarded like lectureship or JRF.

What are the Career Options after Clearing UGC NET Exam?

After getting qualified for UGC NET Exam, you will not be getting a direct recruitment as a professor.

You have to explore your research various career options. The most important option can be as follows

1. After clearing the exam, you will be able to find reputed teaching jobs in your postgraduation subject or any other related subjects. You can get positions like lectured or assistant professor.

2. You can also apply for professor post in various reputed govt institutions.

3. You can get jobs in various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).

4. You can also continue your career as Researcher in reputed organizations like CSR and IITs.

5. For five years you will get paid, first 2 years as JRF and the last 3 years as SRF.

All the best!

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