Now, MCom results will come in phases: Mumbai University

The Mumbai University has now decided to announce masters in commerce (MCom) results phase-wise after a four-month delay. It will be based on the specialisations that students had opted for.

The results of the management group and those of the banking group will be announced first, followed by accountancy. Even for BSc, the university declares results in stages as per specialisation (IT, computer science, etc).

“All MCom results will be declared within a week’s time,” said Vilas Shinde, controller of examinations, Mumbai University.

According to the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, results must be declared within 30-45 days from the concluding date of the examination. Though the MCom part-I and part-II exams concluded in April, 120 days have passed but about 25,000 students are still awaiting their results.

Taking cognisance, Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan wrote a letter to vice-chancellor Rajan Welukar, asking what action the university proposed to take to declare the results and to avoid recurrence of such delays.

The university said a key reason behind the delay is that while there are 60 colleges affiliated to the university offering MCom, a huge chunk belongs to the university’s Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) which does not have its own faculty members who can take the responsibility of assessments.

“Of the 25,000 students, about 18,900 belong to IDOL where there are no teachers and therefore the load falls on other college teachers,” said Shinde.

University officials said as only post-graduate approved teachers can evaluate these papers, the IDOL has been directed not to admit MCom students in excess without a proper plan in place.

Welukar convened a meeting of all MCom teachers along with the dean of commerce on Wednesday night in which it was decided that the assessment would be expedited and completed in stages. “We will announce the results as per the specialisations that students have taken up. We are likely to announce the results of some specialisations within two to three days,” said Shinde.