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MU mess: IDOL admissions delayed

Authorities attribute it to the appointment of new service provider and setting up of the system

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Due to delay in starting admission process, close to 80,000 students have been left in the lurch
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Even as the chaos over delayed results continues at the University of Mumbai, thousands of students wanting to take up courses at the Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) are left in the lurch as admissions for all the courses are yet to start. At a time of the year when a couple of admission rounds for undergraduate courses are over and postgraduate admissions commence, IDOL is yet to open its admission portal for the year 2017-18.

The admission portal for IDOL was expected to be open by the end of July as per a notification issued on MU's official website. The University then released another notification stating that 'the dates of admission for various programmes of IDOL will be declared in the second week of August, 2017.

However, despite the notification, admission is yet to begin.

The delay is being attributed to the appointment of MKCL as a new service provider that the university switched to from the earlier company — Exxon Automation.

"This year, the agency is new, and hence it took some time to set up the system. Also, since most staffers are busy with results, there is a delay. Undergraduate admissions should start by next week while postgraduate admissions will start as and when the results are declared," said an MU official.

With the delay in kick-starting the process, close to 80,000 students have been left in a lurch.

"The university is extremely careless in its approach towards students. Why was the company changed at the last minute?" said Sanjay Vairal, ex-senate member at the University.

...& ANALYSIS

  • Thousands of students wanting to take up courses at the Institute of Distance and Open Learning wait for the admission process to start.
     
  • Appointment of a new agency and delays in declaration of results left students in the lurch.
     
  • Delay in kick-starting the process will affect not only the students but the academic calendar as well.
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