Thu Oct 17 18:49:44 UTC 2024: ## UGC NET Result Declared: Over 58,000 Qualify for Assistant Professor, 4,970 for JRF

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced the results of the National Eligibility Test (NET) for June 2024 on its official website, ugcnet.nta.ac.in. A total of 58,694 candidates have qualified for Assistant Professor eligibility, while 4,970 candidates have qualified for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). An additional 112,070 candidates have qualified for PhD eligibility only.

Candidates can check their results by entering their application number and date of birth on the official website. The result also includes subject-wise cut-offs.

This year, the UGC NET exam was conducted between August 21 and September 4. The initial exam held on June 18, 2024, was cancelled due to suspected paper leak, but a subsequent CBI investigation found the allegations to be false.

The cut-offs for JRF, Assistant Professor eligibility, and PhD eligibility are different for each subject and category. For example, the cut-offs for Political Science are:

* General: 99.7303386 (JRF), 96.3442108 (Assistant Professor), 83.2434462 (PhD)
* OBC: 99.2325753 (JRF), 91.3165364 (Assistant Professor), 71.5947717 (PhD)
* EWS: 99.2422174 (JRF), 90.3911797 (Assistant Professor), 67.0228017 (PhD)
* SC: 97.3204533 (JRF), 83.2434462 (Assistant Professor), 64.3024845 (PhD)
* ST: 96.7656026 (JRF), 78.1581806 (Assistant Professor), 58.6466692 (PhD)

The final answer key has also been released, addressing concerns about discrepancies in the initial answer key. Several subjects, including Political Science, Sociology, Music, Commerce, and Philosophy, have had questions dropped due to errors.

Candidates can visit the official UGC NET website for more details and to access the result. The UGC NET exam is conducted twice a year to select candidates for Junior Professor Fellowship and Assistant Professor positions in universities and other higher education institutions across India. The score is also now accepted for admission into PhD programs.

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