Over 100 University of Mumbai students take admission in Institute of Distance and Open Learning

Over 100 first and second year students pursuing Bachelors in Commerce (BCom) and Bachelors in Arts (BA) under various colleges affiliated with the University of Mumbai (MU) moved to the Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) after they were barred to write their exams by their respective colleges due to low attendance. 

Recently, students from several prominent colleges under the varsity, including Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics (NM), Mithibai college, Kandivli Education Society’s BK Shroff College Of Arts and MH Shroff College Of Commerce, and Wilson college, were barred from writing their exams due to low attendance in-keeping with the varsity’s attendance policy. 

A few days after the colleges decided to bar such students from writing their exams, some students, with the support of Shiv Sena’s youth wing Yuva Sena, approached the varsity to give them some relaxation so that they don’t lose out on an entire year. 

Responding to that, the university’s academic council decided to allow such students to seek admission in the distance mode.