Mumbai University's On-Screen Marking Scheme to be Implemented for Winter Exams: High Court

On December 6, 2017, the High Court of Bombay gave another chance to Mumbai University to regulate technical glitches in the ‘On Screen Marking (OSM)’ system. The court urged the varsity not to repeat the mistakes and technical glitches that occurred during the summer semester. In April 2017, the varsity implemented the OSM without doing proper homework, noted the court. The authorities of Mumbai University have confirmed that the technical glitches in OSM have been sorted out and the same mistakes will not be repeated in the winter exams.

The court further clarified that the state government had stepped in and monitored the new system and it would be appropriate to give another chance to Mumbai University to conduct the evaluation with the help of the OSM system.

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On December 6, 2017, the High Court of Bombay was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by students and teachers’ union challenging the OSM system for assessing the exam papers online. However, the counsel of the university informed Bombay HC that the ongoing winter exams would be completed by mid-December. The assessment of answer sheets will be done through OSM and the results will be declared within 45 days after the completion of exams, informed the counsel.

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Finally, the court posted the matter for next hearing on February 14, 2018.

Recently, Mumbai School of Economics & Public Policy at the University of Mumbai launched one-year part-time course ‘Postgraduate Diploma in Business Analytics’. December 8, 2017, is the last date to register for this course. For registrations, visit the distance education portal of Mumbai University.