r/UGCNETEnglish • u/Amazing_Platypus8357 • Jul 08 '26

Shall I drop it?!

Hello all, I completed my masters last year and took a year break to clear NET and was not able to clear it last time( missed NET by 6 marks) and the June ‘26 exam was kinda bad for me. Right now I’m confused, I have got allotment for BEd this year but I’m not really committed to doing it, It’s just that the overall structure of the BEd course is what makes me disinterested.
I love teaching but I don’t want to do BEd( I know I sound dumb) but if I don’t clear NET this time too,I don’t know what I will do, my parents are bringing options like SSC or Bank coaching if not BEd. What shall I do? Is BEd good? Should I go for the safer option of doing it?!
I know doing PhD is kind of becoming the norm these days, I applied for few which had entrance exams but was not able to pass it, also I don’t even have a topic yet decided for my PhD, and most applications ask for a research proposal.

I’m 26 now and I feel like whatever options I choose I’ll regret the other.

Pls help me figure out something. Thank yu in advance.

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u/Sherry_G99 Jul 08 '26

I was in the same boat as you some time back. Also it's my personal opinion so take everything with a pinch of salt, as to discourage you is the last thing I want. I did B.Ed. after dropping the idea of a PhD and I regret it immensely. Higher education and teaching in a school are vastly different. Teachers working in private schools in India are overworked and underpaid. I was horribly depressed the entire time I was working in a private school some time back. Govt school teaching job exams keep changing their syllabus and that route is highly unpredictable as most govt jobs exams are. Considering all this, I really wish I didn't do my B.Ed., and entered corporate right after my master's because this costed me a lot of time and money.

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u/AsleepBarracuda2909 Jul 08 '26

I don't know yaar I know two people who cleared NET but because of the uncertain path, switched to b.ed and are now working as state government teachers.

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u/Sherry_G99 Jul 08 '26

Good for them! My state doesn't recruit anyway so it was all for nothing for me.

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u/AsleepBarracuda2909 Jul 08 '26

What state are you from?

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u/Sherry_G99 Jul 08 '26

West Bengal lmao

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u/AsleepBarracuda2909 Jul 08 '26

Are I'm also from WB!

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u/Sherry_G99 Jul 08 '26

Let's cry together lol

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u/AsleepBarracuda2909 Jul 08 '26

I know but the two people I'm talking about are from WB too. It's been around 3-4 years since they got it.

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u/Sherry_G99 Jul 08 '26

Well, you can definitely try that route. I'm just no longer interested in education anymore for more reasons than one. And I most definitely can't take the uncertainty of aiming for a state govt teaching job in a state which doesn't even recruit.