Students said that despite writing to university officials on several occasions, even on social media, they received no response
As the University of Mumbai still struggles to get its act together for onscreen evaluation, lakhs of students whose results are still pending have a lot at stake — offers from some of the top international universities, and even jobs.
With the evaluation process marred by several delays coupled with the uncertainty over the result declaration, students are now running from pillar to post to get an answer to the question the university dreads — When will the results be out?
“My daughter appeared for BSc from University of Mumbai and is awaiting her Semester 6 results. She has cleared the entrance exam for MSc in Microbiology at MS University in Baroda, but lost her seat as she could not produce her mark sheet before the deadline due to delayed results. The university didn’t even provide a letter for the students to at least secure provisional admissions,” said a parent.
Students said that despite writing to university officials on several occasions, even on social media, they received no response.
Several students who have received international offers are now worried they will lose their admissions owing to the delay, and others fear they won’t get jobs. DNA spoke to a few such students to understand their ordeal.
Akhil Oka
Akhil has been selected for an MSc programme at LSE which is set to begin in September 2017. While the application process requires him to submit his final year result, he has requested the authorities to process his application with his earlier marks. “The admission process has started, but not having my final result could lead to cancellation of the admission,” he added.
Course at MU: MA, Political Sc
Course selected for: Politics in Comm, London School of Economics
Chelsea Prince
Chelsea is set to join her course in the first week of September. However, with the pending results, she is unable to obtain her visa and is scared she might have to join either in January or wait till next year. “I had done all the preparation as I wanted to join in the main intake. Everything is uncertain. All we can do is wait,” she added.
Course at MU : BMM
Course selected for: Fanshawe College, Canada, Marketing management
Rishabh Dhedia
Rishabh completed all his formalities to join his dream course at Manchester from September this year. But his final acceptance is conditional to submitting his final year mark sheet. “Staffers at MU have no answer about the results. I’ve spent about 5 lakh for my admission. My future is at stake due to the careless attitude of the university” he added.
Course at MU : Bachelor in Accounting and Finance (BAF)
Course selected for: MSc Finance, Manchester University, UK
Sheetal Shanbag
Sheetal was happy when she got her first job offer days after she appeared for her final year MCom exams at the University. However with the delayed results, the MNC Sheetal has just started working with has been repeatedly asking her to submit her final year documents. “The company is insisting on at least the soft copy of my results soon. I am really scared of losing the job if results are delayed any further” she added.
Course at MU : M Com
Selected at a multinational company, offer subject to submission of mark sheet
Sushant Tangadi
Sushant and several others who wish to enroll themselves for three year LLB courses at various colleges in the state are confused as students have still not received their mark sheets to enter their marks in the application form, though the deadline for law applications has been extended to July 15. “Most of us entered our Semester 5 marks as we did not want to miss the deadline,” he added. Sushant is now hoping that the university atleast comes up with a way to generate provisional admission to law aspirants.
Course at MU: BA, Political Science
Aspiring for law in Mumbai
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