NET stands for national level test. This examination is for those who wish to qualify for university level teaching jobs in India. NET Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy / Non Formal Education is one of the many papers under the NET. As the name suggests this paper has questions related to adult education, andragogy, continuing education and non formal education. Note that the pattern of paper (III) is completely different from the pattern of paper (II).

Number of sections in this paper:

There are four (4) sections in this paper.

Paper Pattern And Number Of Questions Asked:

The paper named “ADULT EDUCATION paper (III)” consists of questions on adult education as well as on continuing education, Andragogy and Non-Formal Education. Questions are provided both in English and Hindi. The paper has 4 sections with a total of 26 questions. Section 1 contains 5 questions based on a reading comprehension. Each question must be answered in 30 words. Section 2 has 15 short answer questions and each of them must be answered in 30 words. Section 3 consists of 5 long answer questions and each question is to be answered in about 200 words. Finally section 4 has one Essay type question which must be answered in about 1000 words.

Division of marks:

The entire paper is of 200 hundred marks. The 1st section is of 25 marks with each question carrying 5 marks, 2nd section is of 75 marks with each question carrying 5 marks, 3rd section is of 60 marks having questions of 12 marks each, and the 4th section is of 40 marks

Maximum time allotted:

The maximum time allotted is 2 hours and 30 minutes.