UGC’s NET Criteria for PhD Threatens University Autonomy, Marginalised Students
8 April 2024 | The Wire
New Delhi: Last month, the University Grants Commission (UGC) amended rules for PhD admissions, saying that aspirants will not be required to take university entrance exams.
Starting from the academic year 2024-25, PhD students will be given admission based on their National Eligibility Test (NET) scores.
This proposal was approved in a meeting held by the Commission on March 13.
According to Telegraph, this is among the many key decisions the UGC – which has two-thirds of its members’ posts vacant – has taken recently…