NET, SLET Or SET A Must For Direct Recruitment Of Assistant Professors: UGC

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has modified rules for the appointment of teachers in universities and colleges. It has now made NET/SLET/SET a must for the direct recruitment of Assistant Professors.

The commission has made amendments to the ‘University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018’ which now says “NET/SET/SLET shall be the minimum criteria for the direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor for all Higher Education Institutions.”

These regulations are now called the ‘University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) (2nd Amendment) Regulations, 2023′ and came into force with effect from July 1, 2023.

According to the office posted on Twitter, UGC is making the amendments under clauses (e) and (g) of sub-section (1) of section 26 read with section 14 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1953 (3 of 1956).

In the initial section, UGC mentioned – “Short title and commencement.” This regulation stands for minimum qualification for appointment of tea hers and other academic staff in universities and colleges, along with other measures of maintainers of standards in higher education. This will be executed starting from July 1st, 2023.

The following announcement read as “NET/SET/SLET shall be the minimum criteria for the direct recruitment to the of post of assistant professor for all Higher Education Institutions.”