Not just Pass/Fail, University of Mumbai will tell all marks with results

Over 4.10 lakh students under the University of Mumbai will now get a statement of marks at the time of result declaration, starting from the upcoming winter semester examinations. The decision was announced at a press conference held at the University's Kalina campus on Thursday.

"Currently, students only get to know if they have passed or failed their entire semester without the breakup of marks, which they get to know only after they are issued a marksheet,"said Dr Arjun Ghatule, acting director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation. "Giving them their marks statement would help in many ways. Students would get to know how they have fared in each of the subjects and apply for photocopy or revaluation if needed, which would help speed up the whole process."

Against the backdrop of the recent delay and the resulting mess surrounding the results, varsity officials said that a complete overhaul of the system is near completion. This will prevent glitches and delays for the winter semester exams that begin from the first week of November. "We have plugged in almost all the loopholes in the system," said Dr Devanand Shinde, acting vice chancellor of the University. "From upgrading the assessment software to training teachers and students well in advance, all due care is being taken to ensure that the process is smooth this time around."

The university will conduct 481 exams in the winter semester that 4,10,449 students will appear for. The varsity has created the master data for all students as well as assessors who will evaluate the papers. "We have compiled a verified list of 1,400 teachers who will get orders to assess papers through e-mail and through a hard copy of a letter," added Ghatule.

The varsity has installed 20 'gunning machines' for scanning barcodes from the answer sheet which will address the issue of 'reconciliation' (matching answer sheets with student details) at an earlier stage.

Meanwhile, varsity officials say that the results of around 95 students are still pending. "We have the data of a few students but are not able to match it with their details due to technical issues such faulty scanning or wrong seat number. As and when such students approach us, we will give them the results" said Ghatule.