The postponement pertains only to the exams scheduled for Wednesday, while the exams scheduled for Thursday, January 16, will be held on the scheduled date.
The revised exam date of January 15 will be notified soon. Official information regarding this update is available on the official website of UGC NET at ugcnet.nta.ac.in.
In an official notice, NTA said, âNational Testing Agency has received representation to postpone the UGC-NET December 2024 examination to 15 January 2025 due to Pongal, Makar Sankranti and other festivals.
âIn the interest of the candidates, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to postpone the UGC-NET December 2024 examination scheduled on 15th January 2025 only. The new date of examination will be announced later,â the statement further read.
â ANI (@ANI) 14 January 2025
The January 15 exams were scheduled in the first two shifts, comprising Sanskrit, Mass Communication and Journalism, Japanese, Performing Arts, Law, Nepali, Women’s Studies, Environmental Science (Shift 1) and Indian Knowledge System, Malayalam, Urdu, Labor Welfare. Are. , Electronic Science, Criminology, Tribal Literature, Folk Literature and Konkani (Shift 2).
In December 2024, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi accused the central government of conducting UGC-NET on Pongal.
“It (Pongal) is deeply linked to the cultural identity of Tamils ââand holding the UGC-NET exam on that day will affect both the Pongal festival and the exam preparation of Tamil students,” he said in a letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Nadu.â
âThis is not mere negligence â this is a deliberate disrespect to our cultural heritage. Once again, the central government has exposed its blatant disregard for our state and its people,â the letter said.
National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts UGC-NET twice every year for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to PhD courses.
