Mixed response to new pattern of NET

Exams

The first set of students have given their National Eligibility Test (NET) on Tuesday. The candidates, who were anxious about the new test pattern, noted that the question papers set by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the current examination was of higher standard than the earlier papers set by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

Till recently, the CBSE conducted the NET in 84 subjects at 91 selected cities spread across the country. From Dec 2018 onwards, the UGC-NET is being conducted by the NTA.

The candidates from Ernakulam, who took the exam at the Aluva centre were satisfied with the organisation. Strict discipline was maintained at the centre. The basic facilities for the candidates were also provided.

However, the candidates who took the test for history discipline pointed to a few technical glitches while also admitting the question papers were tough. They were not at ease with the design of the examination window as it failed to utilise the screen space efficiently. The questions presented on the screen were not easily visible and involved much of scrolling the screen. This not only led to wastage of valuable time but increased the difficulty level of sections like prose comprehension and data interpretation that involved reading long sentences.

The Paper II of History had a good number of questions relating to Medieval India. Another criticism was that the questions focused mainly on north India.

Many candidates also opined that such objective type examinations are insufficient to test a candidate's competency in subjects of the humanities stream. They say these exams are testing only memorising capacity.

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