Tips to prepare for UGC NET

Seven Successful tips for CBSE-NET

1. Sound Planning and Preparation- NET requires concentration on the strategy to define your

mission, objectives and deadlines. Benjamin Franklin rightly said, “By failing to prepare, you are

preparing to fail.” The first and foremost step towards your success is to choose your goal honestly

and sincerely. Take a bold decision and ask yourself why you want to become a teacher/ professor?

Never choose NET as your ambition if there is a social circle pressure. The answer should come

from the core of your heart. The next important step is to ask yourself when to start preparing and

how to prepare. Preparation and background work must start by the first Semester/ Year of post

graduation. Try to get comprehensive understanding about the exam process, its structure and

various aspects related to the preparation.

2. Commitment – It means staying loyal to what you said or promised long after the mood you said it.For success, commitment gives you energy which fuels your drive to achieve instead of simply

wishing. We all have this energy high or low. Always take the first bold step earliest which is

mostly the hardest part in any mission/project. One of the fine ways is to promise yourself to get/do

something nice when you succeed.

3. Zeal and Enthusiasm - Khalil Gibran once said: “ Zeal is a volcano, on the peak of which

indecisiveness does not grow.” Take care that you should not attempt the NET as a trial. Your first

attempt after masters ought to be the best attempt. This exam is all about the complete and deep

study of the subject with lot of clarity. The exam can be performed well when you have gone through

a number of references/authors and you are very strong in fundamentals with clarity.

4. Focus and concentration- For NET, you must have clarity of thought and the ability to stay focused and determined on your studies. This happens when you are aware about exactly what the

Examination expects from you. Unlike your university examination, this examination is relative. You

have to show better performance than other aspirants to get a final place in the merit list. This will

happen when you keep your goal SMART i.e Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Research based and

Time bound.

5. Time Management - Self control and proper time utilization is another important skill which makes you or breaks you. If you consider everything to be equally important and equally urgent, then you will experience more stress rather than success in your life. Lord Chesterfield rightly said, “Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

6. Remain Healthy- In order to perform better, eat right, exercise and take right amount of sleep. If

you give weight to health, you will discover secret of running stress free life and find time to relax.

7. Visualise Success- You can get anything you want if you have success instinct followed by action. Success starts with a vision. You can’t do anything that you cannot picture yourself doing. Famous psychologist Dr. Walter Scott rightly said, “Success or failure is caused more by mental attitudes than bymental capacities.”

So, your success in this examination depends on four D’s i.e Dedication, Determination, Discipline and Drill. Be ready to work tough like a sportsperson. Plan your syllabus distribution in a time period and try to work it out within your set schedule. Set weekly/monthly targets and at the end of the week, do a selfappraisal or critical evaluation exercise. You may find a lot of temptation to give up the attempt in NET examination but never quit. Here you keep in mind some words of Thomas Edison’s who said, “Many of life’s failures are those people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Don’t worry.