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Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
16-December-2019 19:39 IST
NTA ConductsJoint CSIR-UGC NET December 2019 successfully

NTA usesComputer Based Test (CBT) mode for the first time  Revised date of examination for the States of Assam and Meghalaya will be announced soon

The National Testing Agency (NTA)conducted the Joint CSIR-UGC NET Examinationon 15 December, 2019 for 2,66,573candidates, covering 05 subjects in two shifts. Theexam was conducted in 581centres in 207 cities. The exam wasina Computer Based Test (CBT) mode for the first time.

Gender and Category wise number of candidates registered:

 

Gender

General

Gen-EWS

SC

ST

OBC (NCL)

Total

Male

32374

9288

20823

6967

45432

114884

Female

64866

8627

19519

7491

58944

159447

Transgender

06

02

01

02

03

14

Total

97246

17917

40343

14460

104379

274345

 

Subject wise candidates registered:

 

Name of the Subjects

Male

Female

Transgender

General

Gen-EWS

OBC-NCL

SC

ST

Total

Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences

6297

3595

0

2916

785

3484

1721

986

9892

Life Sciences

32376

68092

8

38393

5229

33993

16402

6459

100476

Physical Sciences

24465

22750

0

17374

3280

18665

6150

1746

47215

Total

63138

94437

8

58683

9294

56142

24273

9191

157583

 

  • A Control Roomwas opened and 19 Regional Coordinators, 200 CityCoordinators and 600 Observerswere positioned.
  • Live CCTV Surveillance wasdone in 581examination centres to curb malpractices in the examinations. The NTA made arrangements for live viewing at control room situated in the NTA. Live Recording of CCTVs Systems of all examination centres including remote locations was also visible at the NTA Control Centre.A total of more than 5000 CCTV Cameras in each shift were installed.
  • Mock Test was available through a network of more than 4800 Test Practice Centres (TPCs), especially for students of rural areas. Further the Mock Test was also available online and as on date, more than 2.78 Crore page views have taken place. 
  • Jammers- In order to stop cheating using mobile networks, Jammers were installed in all the Centres. A total of more than 5000 jammers in eachshift wereused.

 

Overall attendance percentage was 80.17% for I Shift and 81.29% for II Shift. City-wise (State-wise) Attendance Percentage is at Annexure I and II.

The examination for 7,772 candidates scheduled to appear on 15 December, 2019 from 24 Centres located in the States of “Assam” and “Meghalaya”was postponed. The revised date of examination for the States of Assam and Meghalaya will be announced soon.

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