The National Testing Agency has postponed the UGC National Eligibility Test scheduled for January 15 in light of upcoming festivals. The saw decision was taken after the NTA received representations to postpone the test in light of Makar Sakranti, Pongal and other celebrations.
Exams scheduled for January 16 will proceed as per the earlier schedule and a new date will be announced for the cancelled test.
Exams are currently underway for admission to PhD programmes, awarding Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and appointment as assistant professors. The tests began on January 3 in the Computer Based Test mode. The NTA has confirmed that the last exam — scheduled for January 16 — will proceed as per the earlier schedule.
The exam subject list for January 15 included: Mass communication and journalism, Sanskrit, Nepali, law, Japanese, women studies, Malayalam, Urdu, Konkani, criminology, folk literature, electronic science, environmental science and Indian knowledge system.
