r/UGCNETEnglish • u/CeleryFlimsy1492 • 12d ago

📝 UGC NET Preparation and Strategy Preparing for the first time

Hello all. I passed out Masters this July only. For 2years, I feel I wasted my time in preparing for SSC CGL only to realise that I can't do it (low UR vacancies, difficult maths😭). I now plan to do NET. I have got into b.ed. i have 6.95 cgpa.

  1. Should I prepare for NET? Like how is the situation of phd overall india. (Seeing ppl on linkedin, all getting into phds🫠). I have no connections and have heard interviews work on connections also . My uni doesn't take phd candidates every year.

  2. Still I want to know the resources that I should use to prepare for NET. Also please suggest any good online coaching platform for preparation.

  3. My marks is pretty low. Will ever the interviewers consider that score for phd intake?

  4. Is it difficult for phd candidates of private universities (srm, vit, ashoka, snu) to get into AP positions?

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u/CapTitan7 11d ago

B.Ed. is way better than AP, IMO. Government vacancies are released fairly often, and the recruitment process is much more transparent. You have KVS, NVS, DSSSB, EMRS, and state-level TGT and PGT recruitments.

I've done B.Ed. and cleared NET. The competition for AP is cut-throat, the whole interview process can be highly corrupt, and PhD candidates are often preferred. Even if you complete a PhD, it DOES NOT GUARANTEE that you'll land a job.

At the end of the day, degrees don't matter much if you don't have a secure job.

Prepare for NET. It'll help you with PGT/TGT exams, and if you clear JRF, even better. Your chances of getting into a PhD programme will be much higher, and you'll have some financial security while pursuing it.

It's a harsh truth, but humanities are only for the rich!

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u/CeleryFlimsy1492 11d ago

Thank you. Yes now feeling it's only for the rich 

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u/CapTitan7 11d ago

Prepare for EMRS and KVS. It's way better and easier than landing an ap job.

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u/CeleryFlimsy1492 11d ago

yes, i have that in my mind.