NET Exam after Distance Learning MA from IGNOU

I have completed Distance Learning MA in English from IGNOU and now want to give NET so please tell me that I am eligible or not?

[Raman Vij]

You are eligible for NET after Distance Learning MA in English from IGNOU if you have completed MA with minimum 55 % marks.

UGC NET is conducted mainly to recruit research assistants and professors in various streams of education.

Educational Qualification for UGC-NET:
Candidates must have Master degree or equivalent in related subjects with minimum of 55%. The candidates appearing or have appeared for final year exams are also eligible.

Age for UGC-NET:
The candidates appearing for JRF should not be above 28 years of age. The candidates appearing only for lectureship have no upper age limit.


Syllabus for NET English:

UGC NET English Paper II:

Chaucer to Shakespeare
Jacobean to Restoration Periods
Augustan Age: 18th Century Literature
Romantic Period
Victorian Period
Modern Period
Contemporary Period
American and other non – British Literature’s
Literary Theory and Criticism
Rhetoric and Prosody


UGC NET English Paper III (A) (Core Group):

British Literature from Chaucer to the present day Criticism and Literary Theory.

Unit – I: Literary Comprehension (with internal choice of poetry stanza and prose passage; four comprehension questions will be asked carrying 4 marks each).

Unit – II: Up to the Renaissance.

Unit – III: Jacobean to Restoration Periods.

Unit – IV: Augustan Age: 18th Century Literature.

Unit – V: Romantic Period.

Unit – VI: Victorian and Pre – Raphaelites.

Unit – VII: Modem British Literature.

Unit – VIII: Contemporary British Literature.

Unit – IX: Literary Theory and Criticism up to T. S. Eliot.

Unit – X: Contemporary Theory.


UGC NET English Paper III (B) (Elective / Optional):

Elective – I: History of English Language, English Language Teaching.

Elective – II: European Literature from Classical Age to the 20th Century.

Elective – III: Indian writing in English and Indian Literature in English translation.

Elective – IV: American and other non – British English Literatures.

Elective – V: Literary Theory and Criticism.