UGC to roll out NET for admission for M Phil, PhD | National - Deccan Herald

All higher education institutions across the country will soon have to enroll all category of students in PhD programmes on the basis of their scores in entrance test and interview, continues DH News Service, Deccan Herald.

The University Grants Commission (UGC).
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) is in the process of making it mandatory for all higher education institutions to follow the two-step process for selection of students for M Phill and PhD programmes.

With the enforcement of the revised rules, the national eligibility test (NET) qualified research scholars and those with M Phill degree will also have to clear both the entrance test and the interview... 

In the revised UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M Phil/PhD Degrees) Regulations formulated by a committee of experts, the commission has proposed to roll out a national entrance test for M Phil and PhD programmes.
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Source: Deccan Herald