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New Delhi : National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the UGC NET results on January 5, 2019. The first UGC NET Examination was conducted by NTA from December 18, 2018 to December 22, 2018, in two shifts per day across 235 cities in the country. The examination was conducted in 85 subjects. There were 598 examination centres across the country.
A total number of 9,56,837 candidates registered for this examination of which 6,81,930 candidates appeared in both papers. Altogether 44,001candidates qualified for eligibility for Assistant Professor while 3,883 candidates qualified for JRF & eligible for Assistant Professor, according to a PIB release. This time there was a change in the mode of the examination, Computer Based Exam was introduced first time to reduce the burden of examinees.
In order to facilitate quick employment of eligible candidates, the result has been declared in record time. The exam was conducted from December 18, 2018 to December 22, 2018, in 10 shifts and results were declared on January 5, 2019. In order to make the examination system transparent, the Question Paper and recorded responses were displayed for the verification by examinees. To ensure accuracy of result, the keys of question papers were displayed in advance to invite challenges, if any. For the first time at nationwide professional examinations, live CCTV Surveillance through more than 80,00 CCTV was carried out.
As per the UGC policy, 6% of those candidates who appear in both the papers and obtain minimum qualifying marks in aggregate of both the papers are declared NET qualified. The certificates to the qualified candidates will be issued by UGC. Result can be accessed at http://ntanet.nic.in/ntaresults/root/LoginPageDob.aspx