UGC NET December 2023 Exam Date, Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus & Pattern

UGC NET December 2023: UGC NET is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). It is a national-level examination that is conducted every year in June and December. This examination is conducted to select the best candidates for eligibility for assistant professor and junior research fellowship (JRF) positions. Candidates who desire to make their occupation in the education segment must apply for UGC NET 2023. In this article, candidates can get all the details about the UGC NET 2023 application form, exam dates, eligibility, pattern, syllabus, etc.

UGC NET December 2023-24 Notification:

• There is no Official Notification has been released.

Contents:

• UGC NET 2023 Highlights
• NET Exam Date 2023
• UGC NET Application Form 2023
• Eligibility Criteria
• Exam Pattern
• Syllabus
  • Best Books for UGC NET Preparation
  • Preparation Tips
• Admit Card
• Result

UGC NET 2023 December: Highlights

Name of Exam	UGC NET 2023 (December Session)
Full-Form	University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test
Exam Type	PG
Posts Offered	Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)
Level of Exam	National
Conducting Body	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Mode of Exam	Online
Duration of Exam	3 Hours
Official Website	https://ntanet.nic.in
Helpline Number	0120-6895200
Email Address	[email protected]

UGC NET December 2023 Exam Date:

Events	Exam Dates
Notification Released date	October 2023
Online Application form Released date	October 2023
Deadline to submit the online application form	To be announced
Fees Submission Deadline	To be announced
Correction the application form	To be announced
Admit Card Availability	To be announced
NET December Exam Date 2023	To be announced
Announced the result	To be announced

UGC NET December 2023 Application Form:

Candidates get here information about the UGC NET December 2023 Application form and exam Fee is as per below:

• Candidates can fill out the UGC NET Exam 2023 December application form through online mode.
• The Candidates need to choose the subject first.
• December session the online application form will release on the 2nd week of August 2023.
• For the December session, the online application form the last date to submit will be the 4th week of September.
• The aspirant also submits all details such as Your First, Second & Last Name, Parents’ Name, Gender, Phone Number, Date of Birth, Email Address, Permanent & Mailing addresses, etc.
• After submitting the personal details. Then fill in the educational information such as University Name, Subjects in PG, Passing Year in PG, etc.
• Upload the jpg format scanned copy of Passport size photo and signature.

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Fee Structure:

General applicants	Rs:- 1000/-
Other Backward Class applicants	Rs:- 500/-
SC/ST and PWD applicants	Rs:- 250/-

UGC NET December 2023 Eligibility Criteria:

• Interested aspirants should be a citizen of India and they have to do the graduation of any recognized university.
• Candidates who have completed or perusing a Master’s degree with at least 55% marks (General) and 50%(ST, SC) are eligible to apply for it.
• Aspirants who have done D & M.Phil degree then fulfill the fellowship NET Exam.

Age Limit:

For Junior Research Fellowship:

• Candidate’s age should not be more than 28 years.
• Age relaxation is applicable as per govt. rule.

For Lecturer-ship:

• There is no limitation on age.

General Instructions

• The submission of an Online Application is mandatory. Hard copies of the application form will not be accepted by CBSE.
• Application Form must be complete in all respects as per the Notification.
• No applications can be submitted after the last date (i.e. November 2023) and no fee will be accepted after Nov 2023 in any circumstances.

UGC NET December 2023 Exam Pattern:

Find below the information about the UGC NET 2023 Exam Pattern: Read all steps very carefully before submitting the application form:

• There are divided into the part, National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted in two sessions and both parts of the exam clear mediatory.
• Negative Marking: No negative marking allow in this exam. Every question will be 2 marks.
• Date of Exam: The exam conducts two times in a year. There are the July and December sessions.
• Mode of Exam: The entrance exam mode will be online CBT.
• Total Exam: UGC NET entrance exam divided into two parts Paper I & Paper-II.
• Total Questions: The questions paper will be a total of 150 Marks. There for Paper 1st is 50 Marks and Paper II is 100 Marks.
• Question Type: The question type will be Multiple Choice.
• Exam Paper Language: The exam language will be English and Hindi.
• Duration: 60 Minutes for Paper I and 120 Minutes for Paper II.
• Number of Marks: The number of marks will be Paper I is 100 and Paper II 200 Marks.

Below is Exam Pattern for Paper 1:

Section	No. of Questions	Total Marks
Teaching Aptitude	5	10
Reading Comprehension	5	10
Research Aptitude	5	10
Communication	5	10
Logical Reasoning	5	10
Reasoning (including Maths)	5	10
Data Interpretation	5	10
People & Environment	5	10
Information & Communication Technology (ICT)	5	10
Higher Education System: Governance, Policy & Administration	5	10
Total	50	100

Syllabus:

Here we are giving information about UGC NET December 2023 Syllabus for Paper 1st & Paper 2nd. Candidates can check the syllabus through online mode. According to the subject chosen by candidates during the registration they can also check the syllabus subject-wise.

For Paper I:

NET Exam 2023 Syllabus for Paper 1st topics will be Generic Nature, reasoning ability, Intending to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the students, Comprehension, Divergent Thinking & General Awareness.

Unit-I Teaching Aptitude

• Teaching Concept: Objectives, Characteristics, basic requirements,
• Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding, and Reflective),
• Factors affecting teaching related to Teacher, Support material, Learner,  Instructional facilities, Learning environment, and Institution.
• Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional, and Cognitive), Individual differences.
• Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern, and ICT based.
• Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centered vs. Learner-centered methods; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs, etc.).
• Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of evaluation, Evaluation in Choice Based Credit System in Higher education, Computer-based testing, Innovations in evaluation systems.

Unit-II Research Aptitude

• Research: Definition & Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism, and Postpositivistic approach to research.
• Methods of Research: Experimental, Historical, Descriptive,  Qualitative, and Quantitative Methods,
• Steps of Research.
• Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing,
• Application of ICT in research,
• Research ethics.

Unit-III Comprehension

• In this unit, the passage of text is given. Questions are asked from the passage to be answered.

Unit-IV Communication

• Communication: Meaning, types, and characteristics of communication.
• Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication, Barriers to effective communication,
• Mass-Media, and Society.

Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude

• Types of reasoning
• Number series, Letter series, Codes, and Relationships.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Profit and Loss, Interest, Proportion and Percentage, and Discounting, Averages, etc.

Unit-VI Logical Reasoning

• Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, the structure of categorical propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language, Connotations, and denotations of terms
• Classical square of opposition
• Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning, Analogies.
• Venn diagram: Simple and multiple uses for establishing the validity of arguments.
• Indian Logic: Means of knowledge, Pramanas- Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication), and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
• Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).

Unit-VII Data Interpretation

• Sources, acquisition, and classification of Data.
• Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
• Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart, and Line-chart)
• Mapping of Data,
• Data Interpretation.
• Data and Governance.

Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• ICT: General abbreviations and terminology, Basics of the Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing
• Digital initiatives in higher education. ICT and Governance.

Unit-IX People, Development and Environment

• Development and Environment: Millennium Development and Sustainable Development Goals.
• Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on the environment.
• Environmental issues: Local, Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), Climate change, and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions. Impacts of pollutants on human health.
• Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear, and Forests.
• Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies, Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change, International agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit
• Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.

Unit-X Higher Education System

• Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
• Professional, Technical, and Skill-Based education.
• Value education and environmental education.
• Policies, Governance, and Administration.
• Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
• Oriental, Conventional, and Non-conventional learning programs in India.

Paper-II:

Paper 2nd Syllabus will depend on candidates choose the subject during registration. The subject topic will be related to Bachelors’s & Master’s degree level syllabus.

Best Books for UGC NET 2023:

Books for Paper I:

• CBSE UGC-NET: Teaching and Research Aptitude-JRF and Assistant Professor Exam Guide (for Paper-I) (CBSE UGC (NET) JRF & Asstt. Professor Exam) by Dr. M.S. Ansari & RPH Editorial Board
• Trueman’s UGC NET/SET General Paper I by M. Gagan and Sajit Kumar
• CBSE UGC NET/SET/JRF – Paper 1: Teaching and Research Aptitude by KVS Madaan
• For UGC NET/SET Paper 1 by McGraw Hill Education
• UGC NET/JRF/SLET General Paper-1 Teaching & Research Aptitude by Arihant Experts
• UGC NET/SET (JRF & LS) 14 Years’ Solved Papers Teaching and Research Aptitude Paper-I
• UGC-NET (Paper-I) 50 Practice Papers (Solved) by Ramesh Publishing House

Books for Paper II:

Subject Name	Books and Authors’ names
Economics / Cooperation / Demography / Rural Economics /Development Planning/Development Studies/Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics	Trueman’s UGC NET Economics by Srinivas Shirur UGC NET/JRF/SET Economics (Paper II) – Upkar Prakashan (Author-Gopal Garg)
History	Trueman’s UGC NET History by Promod Singh
Political Science	Trueman’s UGC NET Political Science by K.A. Babu, Sajit Kumar (Author) UGC Net Political Science by Rukmini Bhattacharjee (Arihant)
Hindi	Trueman’s UGC NET Hindi Sahitya (Hindi Literature) by Board of Authors
English	UGC NET/SET (JRF & LS) English Literature by Arihant Experts
Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)	Upkar’s UGC-NET/JRF/SET Visual Art (Paper-II) by M. Vasim (Author)
Geography	Trueman’s UGC NET Geography by A. Magon, B.P. Panigrahi
Environmental Sciences	Trueman’s UGC NET Environmental Science by Anil Tyagi and Virendra Singh
Law	Trueman’s UGC NET Law by Suman Chauhan UGC-NET: Law (Paper II) Exam Guide by Aproov Bhardwaj (R Gupta’s Publication)
Home Science	Trueman’s UGC-NET Home Science by Anju Khosla & Ruchi UGC NET /SET (JRF &LS) Home Science by Suchi Rastogi

Preparation Tips:

UGC NET  is one of the competitive exams. This exam is for Candidates who want admission to Ph.D. and a job in Teaching at the university level. Read below steps that help you to qualify for the exam:

• Candidates need to complete the syllabus which one provided by the NTA.
• Candidates need to Last 5 to 10-year question papers solved.
• Take advice from experts and purchase good books then try to cover these book syllabus.
• Also, maintain the short notes for important topics and revision its time to time.
• Time management is one of the important things to crake the UGC NET exam.

Admit Card:

National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the UGC NET 2023 December session, Admit Card. Candidates have to download the Admit Card from the official website. No candidate will be allowed to appear at the examination center, on Dates and Timings other than that allotted to them in their Admit card.

Documents to be brought to the Examination Centre:

• A printed copy of the Admit Card.
• One passport size photograph (same as uploaded on the Online Application Form) for pasting on the specific space in the Attendance Sheet at the Centre during the Examination.
• Any one of the authorized photo IDs (must be original, valid and non-expired) – PAN card/ Driving License/ Voter ID/ Passport/ Aadhaar Card (With photograph)/ Aadhaar Enrolment No/ Ration Card). The name on the photo identification must match the name as shown on the Admit Card.

Result:

UGC NET December Result will announce after the release of the answer key. Candidates can check their results online mode. Candidates who qualify for the exam called for the interview process.