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After UGC NET June 2024, the National Testing Agency has postponement of CSIR UGC NET 2024.
In an official notice released on June 21, the authority announced that the CSIR UGC NET, scheduled between June 25 and 27 has been postponed until further notice.
NTA claims that the exam has been postponed “due to unavoidable circumstances as well as logistic issues”.
The revised exam date will soon be announced through the official website — csirnet.nta.ac.in.
The cancellation has hit more than 9 lakh candidates who sat for the exam this year, and has prompted protests by student organisations. Candidates will now have to take the examination all over again.
UGC-NET is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). “New scam in the market in the series of scams! Cancellation of UGC-NET due to compromised integrity of the examination! CBI enquiry has been ordered! Question is can they nab the HEAD?” West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu said in a post on X.
As a test, the purpose of the UGC-NET is three-fold. Since 1989, the UGC-NET has been used to determine the eligibility of candidates for the post of assistant professor, the junior-most teaching position in universities. According to UGC rules, clearing the UGC-NET is the minimum eligibility criteria for the post of assistant professor even in private universities.
Since 1984, the UGC-NET has been used as the primary criteria for granting the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), which provides monetary assistance to those undertaking advanced studies and research leading to MPhil/PhD Degrees in humanities and social sciences including languages and sciences.
