{
  "id": 18910407,
  "title": "Maha Govt Clarifies NET, SET, SLET Or Eligible PhD Qualification Mandatory For Assistant Professor Recruitment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/maha-govt-clarifies-net-set-slet-or-eligible-phd-qualification",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T09:51:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/maha-govt-clarifies-net-set-slet-or-eligible-phd-qualification-mandatory-for-assistant-professor-recruitment"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pune, November 8 - The Maharashtra Government has clarified the eligibility criteria for Assistant Professor recruitment in universities and colleges across the state. The Higher and Technical Education Department issued a clarification on November 6, responding to confusion over the qualifications required for direct recruitment. This clarification is based on a Government Resolution (GR) issued on March 5, 2024, which aimed to resolve ambiguity arising from a previous GR dated March 5, 2024. Joint Secretary Pratap P. Lube directed all higher education institutions to follow the clarified eligibility provisions in their recruitment processes.\n\nThe UGC's July 18, 2018, notification had previously made a PhD degree mandatory for Assistant Professor positions in universities, effective from July 1, 2021. Maharashtra implemented this rule through a GR dated March 8, 2019. However, UGC revised its stance on June 30, 2023, making NET/SET/SLET the minimum eligibility criteria for direct recruitment to Assistant Professor posts in higher education institutions. The state government adopted these changes via its GR on March 5, 2024.\n\nThe November 6 clarification specifies that the March 5, 2024, GR amends paragraph 4.10 of the March 8, 2019, resolution. It also references the provisions under paragraph 5.1 (I) (A) (2), which detail the eligibility conditions for Assistant Professor appointments in state universities and colleges. Candidates with a PhD degree obtained in accordance with UGC regulations are exempt from the NET/SET requirement. The government now expects all higher education institutions to comply with these provisions, thus eliminating recruitment procedure uncertainties.",
  "summary": "Pune, Nov 8: The Maharashtra Government has clarified that NET, SET, SLET or a PhD degree obtained in accordance with University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations is the prescribed educational qualification for direct recruitment to Assistant Professor posts in universities and colleges across the state. The clarification, issued by the Higher and Technical Education Department on Nov 6, aims…",
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}