After five months, candidates who appeared in the Jammu Kashmir State Eligibility Test (JKSET) are waiting for results.
Several candidates told KNO that delay in declaring results is taking a toll on their mental health while authorities pay no heed in this regard.
“Due to unknown reasons, the candidates have to wait together for results which shows the seriousness of the administration towards education,” said Junaid Ahmad, a JKSET candidate, told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).
Normally, he said results were declared a month after exams but this time about five months have passed but there is news about the results.
“First exams were delayed and now results are being delayed and it is taking a toll on the mental health of candidates,” said Asif Hussain, another candidate.
He said that merit secured in the JKSET is helping candidates to avail of scholarships but due to the delay in the declaration of the results, the candidates of unable to avail of any scholarship as of now. It makes candidates eligible to apply for the post of assistant professor in the colleges and universities in the union territory along with facilitating admission in research.
On the contrary, NET was held in October, and results were declared in the first week of November while SET being a state-level exam is taking so much time.
They requested concerned authorities to look into the matter at the earliest and declare results so that candidates can avail of the scholarship and other benefits.
Meanwhile, an official said that the results got delayed due to some changes in University Grants Commission (UGC) and assured that results will be declared very soon—(KNO)