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I'm a graduate! Wanna opt for lectureship or professership! I wanna know the difference between NET and SET? Which one has more scope? Stability and income too?

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RE: I'm a graduate! Wanna opt for lectureship or professership! I wanna know the difference between NET and SET? Which one has more scope? Stability and income too?

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1.- NET

NET is the abbreviation form of the National Eligibility Test.

NET conducted by the University Grant Commission (UGC). This exam is written in order to enable a candidate to apply for a lectureship or for joining the research fellowship in colleges.

Generally, the passing percentage of the students for this exam (About 5% only) is very minimal because of the high standards. If a candidate wishes to take up teaching as a profession in colleges and universities that have a post-graduate degree or a doctoral degree then he/she must pass the National Eligibility Test.

The UGC conducts the UGC NET exam every year in the months of June and December. In order to be qualified to apply for a lectureship or Junior Research Fellowship, one must pass this exam.

Check out the last year NTA UGC NET Exam Result 2020 

The UGC NET exams are carried out in a variety of topics like Physical Science, Life sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Earth Atmospheric Ocean and Planetary Sciences jointly by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the UGC. The NET exam is conducted for many papers which include Humanities (which also consists of languages), Computer Science and Applications, Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Electronic Science, and Forensic Science.

2.- SET

SET is the abbreviation form of the State Eligibility Test.

Bypassing the SET exam, the lectureship is granted on that particular state only. The exam pattern of the State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) is based on National Eligibility Test conducted by the University Grant Commission (UGC). The papers include subjects like social sciences, science subjects, and humanities correspondingly.

The aspirants who are appearing for the SLET test get to answer the paper in their respective mother tongue or in English. Some of the states that conduct the SLET are Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa, and the northeastern states of India including Sikkim…

 
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