Failed MU students find answer sheets unchecked
MUMBAI, June 21 -- The University of Mumbai's (MU) law faculty failed several students, who later found that their detailed answers in their taxation law and Bharatiya Sakhshya Adhiniyam papers had not been assessed at all.
After the results, announced nearly a month and a half after the exam, showed these unexpectedly low marks, the students requested photocopies of their answer sheets. They were shocked to find that responses worth nearly 50 out of 75 marks were marked as 'NA' (Not Assessed) during the online evaluation process.
Altaf Detha, a student from a Chembur-based college, was among those who failed. Detha applied for a copy of his answer sheet and a re-evaluation. "Even though I had written detailed answers to all the questions covering 50 out of 75 marks, those questions were not checked," he said.
Pooja Roundale, director, Board of Examination and Evaluation, said "MU adopted the OSM (On-Screen Marking) computer-based answer sheet evaluation system from May 2017."
She added that the law faculty had very few evaluators. "After reviewing the answer sheets of the students concerned, we found that it was on account of a human error, and action has been initiated against the evaluator," she said....
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