SET Exam Application Dates

Give me important dates to apply for Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship organized by PUNE university ?

[Kiran Chandar]

Here I am giving you important dates to apply for Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship organized by PUNE university below:

Important dates :
Pune university SET exam dates :
SET exam date :
Issue of form :: October 2014
Last date for Applying Online : November 2014
Last date of taking printout of Application Form : second week November 2014
SET Examination :: December, 2014

Eligibility Criteria for Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship (SET)
You must have Master's Degree recognized by U.G.C.
You must obtained minimum 55% marks (without gracing or rounding off) in Master's or equivalent examination, are eligible for this test.
-SC/ST/PH/VH (PH-Physically Handicapped. VH-Visually Handicapped i.e. Blind) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without gracing or rounding off) in Master's or equivalent examination are eligible for this test.

Syllabus :
I. Teaching Aptitude
Teaching : Nature, objectives, characteristics and basic requirements;
Learners characteristics;
Factors affecting teaching;
Methods of teaching;
Teaching aids;
Evaluation systems.
II. Research Aptitude
Research : Meaning, characteristics and types;
Steps of research;
Methods of research;
Research Ethics;
Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium;
Thesis writing : its characteristics and format.
III. Reading Comprehension
A passage to be set with questions to be answered.

IV. Communication
Communication : Nature, characteristics, types, barriers and effective classroom
communication.

V. Reasoning (Including Mathematical)
Number series; letter series; codes;
Relationships; classification.

VI. Logical Reasoning
Understanding the structure of arguments;
Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning;
Verbal analogies : Word analogy-Applied analogy;
Verbal classification;
Reasoning Logical Diagrams : Simple diagrammatic relationship, multidiagrammatic
relationship; Venn diagram; Analytical Reasoning.

VII. Data Interpretation
Sources, acquisition and interpretation of data;
Quantitative and qualitative data;

Graphical representation and mapping of data.
VIII. Information and Communication technology (ICT)
ICT : meaning, advantages, disadvantages and uses;
General abbreviations and terminology;
Basics of internet and e-mailing.
IX. People and Environment
People and environment interaction;
Sources of pollution;
Pollutants and their impact on human life, exploitation of natural and energy resources;
Natural hazards and mitigation.

X. Higher Education System : Governance, Polity and Administration
Structure of the institutions for higher learning and research in India; formal and distance
education; professional/technical and general education; value education; governance, polity
and administration; concept, institutions and their interactions.