New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC), which conducts the National Eligibility Test (NET) for around 2.5 lakh students twice a year has decided on Thursday that candidates appearing for the exam in 2012, can take carbon prints prints of their optical reader answer sheets with them.

Therefore, students who will sit for NET next year will be able to judge their performance by their own immediately after taking the test. UGC chair-person Ved Prakash said that the move will enable students to know instantly how they have fared in the exam.

Besides, UGC has also decided to turn the entire question paper for the test in objective type format.

So far, two papers were objective while the third one was subjective. It caused delay in declaration of results which had sometimes forced few students to appear again for the exam. Even students had expressed their disappointment over evaluation in the subjective type paper.

Mr. Prakash further added that once the decision is implemented they would be able to declare the results much before the next NET bringing satisfaction for students.

The format will be applicable for the June 2012 test with results expected to be announced by October, before commencement of the next exam in December 2012.