About JKSET/LASET

The University of Jammu has been first accredited and authorized by the UGC to conduct the SLET/SET in 1999 and continued to hold the test till 2010 after which this responsibility was handed over to the University of Kashmir by the State Government. Further, The University of Jammu has once again been accredited as the Nodal Agency of the State Government to conduct the State Eligibility Test for the UT of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh (herein referred as JKSET/LASET).by the UGC vide letter no. F.7-2/97 (NET/SET) dated 19 July 2021 & vide letter no. F.7-2/97(NET/SET) dated 9 September 2021.

Assistant Professor

It may further be specifically understood that such a candidate who qualifies the SET would only be held eligible for being appointed as Assistant Professor in the Universities/ affiliated colleges, provided he/she fulfills other academic qualifications prescribed for post of Assistant Professor by the U.G.C. and is selected by the respective Selection Committee. Unlike the NET/UGC-CSIR Combined Test the candidates who qualifies the SET is only eligible for being selected as Assistant Professor and not for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). As per UGC guidelines, after June 2002, JKSET/LASET qualified candidates shall be eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor / Lecturer only in the Universities/Colleges belonging to the UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh respectively.

Concept of SET/SLET

University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended the introduction of National Eligibility Test (NET) to determine eligibility for lectureship and for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian nationals in order to ensure minimum standards for the entrants in the teaching profession and research as per the Government of India Notification dated 22nd July 1988. Accordingly, UGC conducted the first test for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lectureship on 24th December, 1989 in the subjects falling under Humanities and Social Sciences including languages and some science subjects. The Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) conducted the Joint UGC-CSIR Test for JRF and eligibility for Lectureship on 31st December, 1989 for disciplines falling under the basic sciences. Since then UGC and CSIR have been conducting these tests on a regular basis – generally twice every year, i.e. in June/July and December/January. At present, NTA has been conducting NET on behalf of UGC and CSIR.

Simultaneously, the State Government and Union Territories were also given the option of conducting their own Tests for eligibility for lectureship /Assistant Professor at the state level or alternatively, adopt UGC and UGC/CSIR test. Some of the states have opted to conduct their own examination which was first named as State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) and letter renamed as State Eligibility Test (SET) for eligibility for Lectureship/Assistant Professorship. This state level Test is based on the same pattern as of the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by UGC and UGC/CSIR for Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences subjects respectively.

The State Government may identify an agency to conduct SET for the UT/State. This agency may be a University, or an examination body of repute or a reputed agency associated with recruitment of teachers for higher education.