The National Testing Agency (NTA) has changed the syllabus both in paper I and paper II for the National Eligibility Test (NET). NTA has been conducting the NET since 2018. The new syllabus will be based on exam which is scheduled to be conducted from June 20 to June 28.     

The National Testing Agency (NTA) which has been conducting the National Eligibility Test (NET) since 2018 has changed the syllabus for all the subjects in both paper I and paper II. The exam which is scheduled to be conducted from June 20 to June 28 will be based on the new syllabus.

The syllabus for NET was also changed last year by NTA when it conducted the exam online in a computer-based test (CBT). Earlier, CBSE conducted the exam along with University Grants Commission (UGC) in two parts – paper I and paper II but under both the papers are merged and the exam is just held in one go.    

The duration of exam since last year is three hours. But, it is conducted in two shifts from 9:30 am to 1 pm and 2:30 pm to 6 pm to manage the large number of students appearing for exams. It is an eligibility program for the post of assistant professor and junior research fellowship (JRF). The registrations for this exam will begin from March 1, 2019 on ntanet.nic.in.