Second phase of UGC-NET exam postponed, likely to be held between September 20-30

The University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman M Jagadesh Kumar, on Monday, said that the second phase of National Eligibility Test (NET) examination has been postponed and will be conducted between September 20 and 30 this year.

It was earlier scheduled to be conducted between August 12 and 14.

"The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the first phase of UGC-NET December 2021 and June 2022 (merged cycles) examination on July 9, 11 and 12, 2022 for 33 subjects in 310 examination centres located in 225 cities across the country," PTI reported UGC chairman as saying.

"Second phase was earlier scheduled to be held on 12, 13 and 14 August 2022. However, now the final phase examination of UGC-NET December 2021 and June 2022 (merged cycles) has been scheduled to be conducted between 20 and 30 September 2022, involving 64 subjects," he said

On Sunday, the CUET UG examination, was postponed and rescheduled to August 24 due to administrative and technical reasons, will now be held from August 24.

Earlier, top officials from the Union Ministry of Education, UGC, and NTA along with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, had reviewed all the preparations to ensure smooth functioning of the examination.

(With inputs from agencies)