PUNE: A paltry 2.4 per cent of the 21,000 candidates have cleared the State Eligibility Test (SET) held in February 2008. The results were declared on Wednesday by the University of Pune, which is the official agency for the conduct of SET in Maharashtra and Goa.
In terms of numbers, the pass percentage translates into a measly 504 successful candidates across the two states.
What makes the SET critical to scores of post-graduate (PG) students is that the test is the “minimum qualifying benchmark” for landing a permanent lecturer’s job at the 11 state universities or the colleges affiliated to these varsities.
Since it’s inception in 1994, the SET success rate has hovered between 1.8 to 2.7 per cent, with the odd exception of the pass percentage touching a ‘high’ of 3.8 per cent once. This was confirmed by N.N. Godbole, convenor of SET Exam Centre at the UoP, while speaking to TOI.
Looking at the large number of students, who appear in the exam, the performance is a “sad reflection” of the PG education at universities and colleges.
Senior UoP officials conceded that what was being taught at the PG departments or colleges was “not in tune” with what is required for highly competitive exams like SET.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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