NEBOSH-sourced facts on the International General Certificate after the 2025 specification switchover: published GIC1 sitting dates, GIC2 submission deadlines, the 95 pound per unit fee and the five-year completion limit

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    <h2>Updates as of September 22, 2026</h2>
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        <p>GSET 2026 will be held on Sunday, 29 November 2026 as a single-day offline OMR examination. Paper I runs 09:30 to 10:30 and Paper II from 10:30 to 12:30, so the two papers are sat back to back in one continuous sitting of three hours with no break between them. Admit cards are issued about seven days before the examination day.</p>
        <a class="gset-updates-222026-cite" href="https://testbook.com/news/gset-2026-recruitment-exam-dates-admit-card-deatils/">Testbook GSET news (coaching site, as reported)</a>
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        <p>The application window is closed. Registration ran from 22 June 2026 and was extended, with Karmasandhan and MaruGujarat giving a closing date of 22 July 2026 and fee collection ending 21 July 2026, while Adda247 and Testbook report a further extension to 25 and 26 July 2026 for fee payment and registration respectively. Either way, no new applications are being taken for this sitting.</p>
        <a class="gset-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.karmasandhan.com/gset-2026-gujarat-set/">Karmasandhan (news portal, as reported)</a>
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        <p>GSET is conducted by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, acting as the State Nodal Agency for the Government of Gujarat, and the examination is administered through gujaratset.ac.in. The test is not run by a recruitment board and does not itself award a post.</p>
        <a class="gset-updates-222026-cite" href="https://marugujarat.net/gset-2026-notification-pdf-out-apply-online/">MaruGujarat (news portal, as reported)</a>
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        <p>The 2026 cycle covers 36 postgraduate subjects across Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Management, Education and Physical Education, with centres in twelve cities in Gujarat including Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat and Bhavnagar. Candidates sit the subject they hold or are completing a Master's degree in.</p>
        <a class="gset-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.adda247.com/teaching-jobs-exam/gset-set-notification-2026-out/">Adda247 (coaching site, as reported)</a>
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        <p>The fee structure for the 2026 cycle is Rs 900 for General and EWS candidates, Rs 700 for SEBC, SC and ST candidates and Rs 100 for persons with disability, with Karmasandhan also listing third gender applicants at the Rs 700 rate. There is no upper age limit for GSET.</p>
        <a class="gset-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.adda247.com/teaching-jobs-exam/gset-set-notification-2026-out/">Adda247 (coaching site, as reported)</a>
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General Aptitude, teaching and research aptitude, common to all subjects

The candidate's chosen postgraduate subject, one of 36 offered

Offline OMR, objective, no negative marking

Aggregate across both papers, General and EWS

Aggregate across both papers, SC, ST, PwD, transgender and orphan candidates

Paper II carries two thirds of the total marks, so the subject paper decides the result far more than the aptitude paper does. Adda247 notes that the Paper I syllabus is aligned to UGC NET standards, which means NET material is usable for Paper I preparation. There is no negative marking in either paper.

<p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://www.adda247.com/teaching-jobs-exam/gset-set-notification-2026-out/">Adda247 GSET notification</a> &middot; <a href="https://testbook.com/news/gset-2026-recruitment-exam-dates-admit-card-deatils/">Testbook GSET exam date and shift timing</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.karmasandhan.com/gset-2026-gujarat-set/">Karmasandhan GSET 2026</a></p>

The exam date of 29 November 2026 is consistent across every source consulted. The application dates are not: the extension is reported with different closing dates by different portals, which is common when a deadline is pushed more than once. None of these dates could be read off the official site directly, as the fetched gujaratset.ac.in page returned an older cycle's content.

<p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://marugujarat.net/gset-2026-notification-pdf-out-apply-online/">MaruGujarat GSET 2026 notification</a> &middot; <a href="https://testbook.com/news/gset-2026-recruitment-exam-dates-admit-card-deatils/">Testbook GSET exam date</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.adda247.com/teaching-jobs-exam/gset-set-notification-2026-out/">Adda247 GSET notification</a></p>

The most common misunderstanding about GSET is what the certificate buys. It is an eligibility test, not a recruitment: Karmasandhan describes its purpose plainly as eligibility for Assistant Professor in Gujarat State. Qualifying does not produce a job, a rank list or a posting, and it does not carry the Junior Research Fellowship that UGC NET can award. It removes one barrier to applying for college and university teaching posts in the state.

The arithmetic is worth internalising before you build a study plan. Paper I is 50 questions for 100 marks; Paper II is 100 questions for 200 marks in your postgraduate subject. The qualifying threshold of 40 per cent for General and EWS candidates, or 35 per cent for SC, ST, PwD, transgender and orphan candidates, is computed on the aggregate of both papers, which means a strong subject paper can carry a mediocre aptitude paper but not the reverse. Candidates who arrive from general competitive-exam backgrounds tend to over-invest in Paper I because it resembles what they already train for. That is the wrong allocation in a paper weighted two to one against them.

No negative marking changes how you sit it

Neither paper deducts marks for a wrong answer. Combined with a three-hour continuous sitting of 150 objective questions, this means there is no defensible reason to leave a question blank, and any time management plan should end with a sweep to fill every remaining bubble. It also changes the value of partial elimination: on a four-option question, narrowing to two doubles your expected return at zero risk. Offline OMR adds a mechanical cost that computer-based candidates forget, so budget the last few minutes of each paper for marking transfer rather than assuming answers recorded on the question paper will somehow count.

Paper I can be prepared from UGC NET material

Adda247 notes the Paper I syllabus is aligned to UGC NET standards, which has a practical consequence: the very large market of NET Paper I material, previous papers and mock tests is directly usable, and there is no need to hunt for scarce Gujarat-specific aptitude resources. Where GSET differs from NET is format rather than content, being an offline OMR paper rather than a computer-based test. Candidates preparing both should practise Paper I on paper at least some of the time, because reading comprehension and data interpretation questions behave differently on a printed booklet than on a scrolling screen.

Eligibility turns on the Master's, not on age

The requirement is a Master's degree from a UGC-recognised institution in the relevant subject, with 55 per cent for General and EWS candidates and 50 per cent for SC, ST, SEBC and PwD candidates, and final-year candidates may sit. There is no upper age limit, which makes GSET unusual among state examinations and means it stays open to candidates who have aged out of recruitment exams. The subject you register for must be the one in which your Master's sits; the 36 available subjects span Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Management, Education and Physical Education, and choosing a neighbouring subject because it looks easier is not an option the eligibility rule permits.

Treat GSET and NET as complements, not alternatives

GSET certification is described by its sources as eligibility for Assistant Professor posts, and the sources consulted make no mention of GSET awarding a Junior Research Fellowship. If a fellowship is part of your plan, UGC NET remains the route for that and GSET does not substitute. The sensible reading for a Gujarat-based postgraduate is that GSET is a second, state-level chance at Assistant Professor eligibility on a different calendar from NET, sat on 29 November 2026 against NET's own sessions, with a subject paper close enough in level that one body of preparation serves both. Confirm the precise scope of the certificate in the official notification before relying on it.

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