‘Reopen UGC NET June 2024 Application Portal,’ ABVP Writes Letter to UGC Chairman

UGC NET 2024 Registration: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has written a letter to Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, the Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC), urging him to reopen the application process for the UGC NET June cycle. According to the letter, admission to PhD programs in various universities has been based on UGC-NET results. However, several students could not register for the UGC-NET examination citing various reasons.
The Ministry of Education cancelled the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 18 in two shifts across different cities of the country, according to an official press release issued by the Ministry of Education. The exam was attended by 81 per cent of over 11.21 lakh registered candidates for the exam in 317 cities across the country. However, on June 19, the Ministry of Education cancelled the competitive examination. “On 19th June, 2024, the University Grants Commission (UGC) received certain inputs from National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs on the Examination. These inputs prima-facie indicate that the integrity of the aforesaid examination may have been compromised,” Ministry of Education in a press release said.
Sharing a post on X(previously Twitter), Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad wrote, “It is worth noting that the UGC-NET (June, 2024) exam held on June 18 was canceled due to the apprehension of paper leak, now this exam will be held again from 21 August to 4 September 2024. ABVP has mentioned in its memorandum that it will be possible to get admission in PhD in various universities only through UGC NET score, this information was not available to many students; the online application portal should be reopened for the candidates for a short period.”

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UGC NET Re-Test Dates
The National Testing Agency has released the fresh dates for the UGC NET examination. According to the revised schedule, NTA will hold the UGC NET examination for the June 2024 cycle between August 21 to September 4. The UGC NET June 2024 Cycle examination was earlier held in Pen & paper (offline) mode. However, it will now be held in the Computer-Based Test ( CBT) mode. The UGC NET admit card and exam city slip will be released on the portal
Urging for the reopening of the UGC NET portal, ABVP stated,”National General Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Shri Yagyavalkya Shukla said that by reopening the online application portal, the candidates who missed it will get an opportunity to apply. UGC NET exam should be conducted soon and the results should be declared in mission mode, so that the admission process for PhD in universities can be completed within the stipulated time.”
The NTA has been entrusted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) with the task of conducting UGC-NET which is a test to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for ‘award of Junior Research Fellowship and appointment as Assistant Professor’, ‘appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D.’ and ‘admission to Ph.D. only’ in Indian universities and colleges.