New Delhi: The Joint Director of Higher Education has urged the autonomous colleges in Mumbai to conduct final year Mumbai University exams through online mode.
The Joint Director of Higher Education (Mumbai Division) has taken this decision after several students of Mumbai University took to social media to post their concerns over autonomous colleges intending to conduct exams offline.
Several autonomous colleges in Mumbai decided to hold Mumbai University exams offline, despite the students’ disagreement on it. However, the Higher Education Department has written to these autonomous colleges to hold exams online as Mumbai University has decided to do it.
But the directive is not binding. After two years, city colleges such as Mithibai College of Arts, Narsee Monjee, St Xavier’ College Mumbai, Jai Hind College, and Sophia College for Women have planned to hold exams in offline mode. Opposing offline exams, students of these colleges have approached the higher education minister with their appeal.
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Sonali Rode, Director, the Joint Education Department, said that as the university is conducting the exams online, there'll be a disparity in marks, which will not be tested on common grounds. In order to ensure that there is no academic loss of students, the department has urged these colleges to hold exams online.
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Further, she said that they cannot be compelled as these colleges have academic autonomy. Even the students have approached the Higher Education Minister Uday Samant, who had directed the department to reach out to these autonomous colleges.
One of the students said that they are fine with offline exams, if the university also agreed to it. But now, they're getting an unfair deal. With comparatively lower scores, they might lose out on postgraduate seats of their choice.
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Another student from Mithibai College, said that the academic calendar has been delayed in the last two years owing to the online exam and unlike the online exams where results are released immediately, the offline exams will lead to the delay of Mumbai University results.
The student said that all the colleges need to work in tandem during the exams. Even some outstation students raised their concerns over finding temporary accommodation.
Earlier, the university had released the Mumbai University Exams 2022 guidelines for the upcoming exam.
However, the Principals said that the Uniform Statutes framed under Section 72 (10) of Maharashtra Public Universities’ Act, 2016, permits them to evolve methods of assessment of student’s performance, the conduct of examination and notification of results.
Meanhile, the UGC has given them the autonomy to raise academic standards and any such directive cannot be legally binding on them. It is up to colleges to decide whether to withdraw their decision to hold offline exams, based on the letter or not.
Mumbai University Affiliated Colleges to Conduct Semester Exams Offline
At present, there's no official announcement regarding the exams, but according to the latest reports, most of the autonomous colleges are planning to hold Mumbai University Exams 2022 in offline mode.
Mumbai University Exams 2022 for students in the final semester of UG courses are scheduled to be conducted in April 2022. However, the exact dates and timetable are yet to be announced. As a result, the varsity is expected to announce the MU Exams mode of conduct in a day or two.
Why are Mumbai University Exams 2022 Scheduled Offline?
Most of the colleges have started offline classes, as a result of which it is expected that the Mumbai University Exams 2022 are also likely to be held offline for UG courses. Earlier, last month, it was decided to conduct the offline exams, after the COVID-19 situation and vaccination rates improved.
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