In-House PhD Entrance Test at JNU? Proposal Stuck as Varsity, Teachers Trade Charges
Vidheesha Kuntamalla | 24 September 2024 | The Indian Express
A proposal to potentially shift back to in-house PhD entrance exams at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has hit a roadblock as university officials claim that no feedback has been received from school deans two months after the consideration was announced, while faculty members say they submitted written opinions over a month ago.
The idea was floated in the wake of the cancellation of the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) — crucial for entry-level teaching jobs and PhD admissions at universities — on June 19 following inputs from the Ministry of Home Affairs that “the integrity of the examination may have been compromised”. In July, JNU said it would take eight weeks to reach a final decision on going back to in-house exams for PhD courses…