State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) Commission, Assam (NE Region) Eligibility

State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) Commission, Assam (NE Region) Eligibility

Assam SET 2011 Exam Date: 12^th June, 2011

Assam SLET (North East Region) Eligibility

Eligibility to sit for SET:

Any Indian National who obtained Master Degree with atleast 55% marks is eligible to sit in the SET. However in the case of SC/ST candidate the minimum requirement of mark is 50% on the subject he/she opts to appear. Those candidates who have even secured 54.99% marks in case of General candidates (or 49.99% marks in case of SC/ST candidates) in Master Degree examination are not eligible for this Test. There is no provision of rounding up of marks to make it 55% ( 50% for SC/ST).

Candidates who have appeared or will be appearing at the final (or 4th Semester) of their Master Degree Examination and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying examination has been delayed, may also apply and appear at this Test. However such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for award of lecturership eligibility only after they have passed the Master’s Degree examination or equivalent with the required percentage of marks. Such candidates must obtain the P.G. Degree within two years from the date of SET examination with required percentage of marks failing which they shall be treated as disqualified. Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their postgraduation only. The candidates whose post-graduation subject is not covered in the list of subject in item 6(ii) may appear in a related subject.

Candidates who qualify in the Test are eligible to apply for the post of lecturer within the area of the Member-States of SLET Commission. They will be given a pass-certificate and the validity period of certificates is forever.

Age limit & No. of chances:

(i) There is no age limit.
(ii) A candidate can avail any number of chances.

Nature of Question Papers:

There will be three question papers for each subject. To evaluate the General Aptitude of the candidates, there will be one common paper (Paper-I) for both Arts and Commerce group and it will contain 60 questions of 2 marks each. Geography and Anthropology are included in Arts group. The candidates will have to answer 50 questions out of 60 questions of 2 marks each in Paper-I.

There will be one common 1st paper for all Science subjects. Mathematical Science will be in the Science group. The candidates will have to answer 50 questions out of 60 questions provided in Paper-I. The questions carry 2 marks each

i) The first paper (both Arts and Science) will be of objective type.
ii) The second paper will be on the subject concerned and it will be of objective type. It will have 50 compulsory questions of 2 marks each.

In both the papers there will be four types of questions, viz.
(a) Usual multiple choice
(b) Matching
(c) Assertion and Reasoning
(d) True and False

The third paper will be descriptive on the concerned subject [see Scheme of Test- 6.(vi)]