UGC NET results to be declared on 13 June

UGC NET results to be declared on 13 June & Refund to the Qualifying students

New Delhi (27.05.2011): The University Grants Commission (UGC) today has declared that the UGC NET December 2010 exam results will be declared on 13 June 2011 and the students qualifying the same but have applied for the forthcoming NET in June 2011 will be refunded the fees.The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) marking its protest against UGC’s lethargic approach in declaring the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) December 2010 exam results, marched to the UGC office located at the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi today.

The Secretary General of SIO, P.M. Salih said, “We demanded a date for the declaration of the results, to which the UGC has promised to declare the results by 13 June 2011. If the UGC fails to comply with their promise then SIO will be compelled to lead the students’ community to launch a nationwide protest against the UGC”. He further said, “It is astonishing to note the irresponsible behavior of the UGC Chairman who is currently out of country as per information from UGC office and the saggy attitude of the staff with regard to the declaration of the results.”


The declaration was informed by Dr. N.A. Kazmi, Secretary, UGC and Dr. Surender Singh, Deputy Secretary (NET), UGC to a delegation led by the P.M. Salih, Secretary General, SIO accompanied by Sharique Ansar, National Secretary, SIO.It is for the first time in the history of UGC that the commission will be refunding any money to the students that they’ve collected in the form of fees.
The UGC NET results which were scheduled to be declared in the month of April are yet to be out. After efforts to be intimated about the date of declaration of results, which proved an effort in vain, SIO decided to march to the UGC Office. SIO has submitted a memorandum to the Chairman, UGC and Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD).
The UGC NET is the basic eligibility criteria to be awarded Lectureship at the College or University level. The Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) is also awarded based on the UGC NET. The delay in declaration of results keeps the future of the deserving and talented in the dark for the forthcoming academic year as throughout the country recruitments to various colleges and universities is currently under process.
Javed Zafar, Convenor and Limsir Ali, Secretary of Research Scholars’ Forum of India, students from Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Hamdard, Anis ur Rehman, President, SIO Delhi and National Secretaries, SIO - Sharique Ansar, Soukath Ali & Shaikh Shoaib participated in the protest march.