Mumbai University releases grading formula for colleges

The University of Mumbai (MU) has released a circular regarding the rules of gradation. Check details below

Two weeks after Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant had directed all the universities around the state to promote all students, except final year students, based on the gradation formula, the University of Mumbai (MU) has released a circular regarding the rules of gradation.

As per the notification released by the MU, the varsity has directed all colleges affiliated to it to promote students from non-traditional courses on a 50:50 formula, where 50 percent will be based on internal tests and other projects in the current semester and the other 50 percent will be based on the student’s performance in the previous semester. If there are any internal exams yet to be completed, colleges should conduct the same online or over a phone call.

For those students who are pursuing traditional courses like BA, BCom, and BSc, and do not have any internal marks component, such students shall be promoted by the colleges on the basis of their performance in the previous semester alone.

MU further highlighted that in courses where exams have already been conducted, assessment should be conducted at the earliest. “Colleges should work on the gradation process for all students and results should be declared accordingly and soon, so that institutes can start the process of admissions for all students into the next academic year,” stated the circular.

Read the full Mumbai University circular here

The education minister in his brief earlier this month had requested state universities to schedule all final year exams between July 1 and 30, however, earlier this week Samant approached the University Grants Commission (UGC) requesting permission to skip final year exams and instead promote all students based on their previous performance. However, his recommendation was questioned by the governor of Maharashtra, who is also the chancellor of all state universities.

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Earlier, the MU has also made it clear that students with Allowed-To-Keep-Term (ATKT) remarks in their previous semesters will be promoted to the next academic year. “Instead of wasting another academic year, these students are being given a chance to get promoted to the next year, provided they clear these subjects within 120 days of the start of the 2020-21 academic year."

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