Entrance test must for all research aspirants

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Jaipur: Now, students who have cleared NET and SLET will have to appear a test — MPhil PhD Admission Test (MPAT) — in order to study PhD courses.

As per the research section of University of Rajasthan, a notification has been issued by University Grants Commission (UGC) informing that students who have cleared national eligibility test (NET) or state level eligibility test (SLET) will also have to appear and clear MPAT to get registered for studying Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD).

Research deputy registrar Dr Neelu Mahajan while giving details informed that the university's norm would start from this year.

Confirming the decision, UGC official said that "Last year relaxation was given to NET and SLET candidates; however, this year they will have to appear in pre-Phd entrance"
Many university professors however, feel that there is no need to include NET/SLET cleared candidates in the pre-PhD exam.

"This is really uncalled for. If a scholar has cleared national eligibility test then, what is the need to sit for an entrance test of a local university," said Prof Reena Mathur, head, Zoology department.

Another Economics department professor Alpana Katija she doesn't think there was any need and that those were sensitive issues which affect thousands of students and UGC officials should not take decisions so casually.

The student community is also taken aback at the development, "It's shocking, we worked so hard for NET but we have been put in the same bracket as others who never cleared NET. Is there any difference between them and us?" said Bimla Choudhary, who has cleared NET and holds MSc degree in Biochemistry.

"As a registered scholar, I think that NET-qualified students should be interviewed by a panel of experts but written exam is unnecessary, in fact they should give extra credit points for NET-qualified students," said a research scholar.
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