Mumbai University suspends first-yer admission process for 229 affiliated colleges

The action came a day after MU declared the schedule for undergraduate (UG) degree admissions for upcoming academic year.

The names of these colleges have been published on the website of MU, which urged students and parents to review the list carefully before seeking admissions.

Among these 229 colleges, 156 do not have grades from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) or National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and 76 colleges which have not established CDCs.

“This decisive move is expected to set a precedent which will ensure stricter enforcement of the rules. Accreditation is mandatory to ensure quality standards across higher education institutions in Maharashtra,” the university said in a statement.

“Despite several opportunities and extended deadlines, many institutions ignored compliance requirements, leaving no choice but to act in the interest of students,” said a senior university official.

Last month, in a Management Council meeting, MU had decided to take strict action against colleges which ignore complaince requirements.

The University had declared that colleges dodging NAAC accreditation will be fined Rs10,000 each.  Further a resolution was passed which stated that the MU’s College Affiliation and Development Department will take a review and submit a report by April 20 and those failing to comply could be debarred from admissions for the upcoming academic year.

Exam goof-up

The repeaters appearing for the LLB examination for the subject Law of Crime Wednesday received test paper with questions from the new syllabus which is based on the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at some exam centres.

The regular students were supposed to get the question paper based on BNS, whereas repeaters were to solve question paper based on Indian Penal Code, which is part of the old syllabus.

As the error was noticed within a few minutes, the question paper was replaced by the university, which students said, caused a delay of more than 30 minutes. But at a few centres, wrong question papers were distributed for regular students as well.

While the MU confirmed that wrong set of question paper was given for the paper of Law of Crime at some centres, it did not provide a clear response on how many students were impacted due to the goof-up and what measures will be taken to ensure no loss of marks for those students.