India, Nov. 7 -- The Maharashtra government has revised the eligibility criteria for the recruitment of assistant professors in higher education institutions, making the National Eligibility Test (NET), State Eligibility Test (SET) or State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) mandatory for direct recruitment.

The decision is expected to benefit thousands of candidates who have cleared NET and SET but were uncertain about the eligibility criteria for teaching posts. Questions were raised after PhD and MPhil degree holders were given preference in certain recruitment processes and were being exempted from the eligibility examinations.

The higher and technical education department issued a revised government resolution (GR) on November 4, clarif...