Maharashtra Govt. to Probe Delay in Declaration of Mumbai University Results

The government of Maharashtra has expressed its disappointment over the continuous delay in declaration of results of Mumbai University. It has been three months since the varsity conducted the last examination. Education Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Vinod Tawade assured that the government would take steps to initiate a probe into the delay in declaration of results. The exam house of the University of Mumbai is conducting the assessment of answer sheets of the last semester of final year students.

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With an objective to regulate malpractices and tampering of answer sheets, the University of Mumbai had decided to adopt digital assessment of answer sheets. However, the assessment process was delayed as the varsity failed to appoint an agency on time. Due to lack of a proper mechanism in the assessment process, the declaration of results has been delayed multiple times. The University of Mumbai has still not yet decided upon the final date of declaration of results.

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Mr. Vinod Tawade indicated that the assessment process was delayed due to the server failure. Therefore, the teachers on assessment duty could not log in to the onscreen evaluation mechanism. Thus, the initial four days of on screen evaluation did not go well which further caused the delay. He agreed that the delay had been affecting the students as they have not been able to apply elsewhere for further studies.

Mr. Vinod Tawade revealed that the varsity had completed 70% of the evaluation process and the remaining 30% will be completed by July 31, 2017. In order to speed up the process, the state government is hiring more professors to complete the task within the stipulated period.