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New Delhi: Today we have brought a good news for the future youth who are going to become Assistant Professor. UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said that Doctor of Philosophy ie PhD is not mandatory for recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professor in Central Universities. He gave this information while inaugurating the newly constructed UGC-HRDC building in Osmania campus. He also said that a person’s qualification in the commission’s NET exam would be sufficient to become an assistant professor. ‘Telangana Today’ has given news in this regard.
This decision has been taken so that non-PhD holders can be appointed as assistant professors in all universities of India. Furthermore, the initiative aims to provide opportunities to those who want to teach in universities but cannot do so because they do not have a PhD degree. M Jagadish Kumar said, ‘One Nation-One Data Portal is being developed. It will provide all the UGC guidelines and other important information to the candidates. From the next academic year, students will be given quality education through the National Digital University.
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The central government had earlier amended the rules of the commission, making PhD the minimum eligibility criteria for appointment as assistant professors. Those new guidelines were to come into effect in 2021 but were postponed due to Covid. According to media reports, this period was later extended till July 2023. But the recruitment was on the basis of UGC NET score.
Meanwhile, National Testing Agency ie NTA has started the registration process for joint CSIR-UGC NET exam in December-2022 and June-2023. Candidates can apply through the official website csirnet.nta.nic.in. As per the schedule, the application process will continue till 5 pm on April 10. The last date for submission of application along with late fee is 10 Apr 23 till 11:50 AM. The exam will be held on June 6, 7 and 8.
