Mumbai University Exams 2022 via offline mode; Students to get practice question papers

A circular dated April 21, released by Mumbai University issued by the Director of Board of Examinations and Evaluations Vinod Patil, refers to exams for professional courses such as engineering, pharmacy, and law among others.

Mumbai University Exams 2022

Mumbai University Exams 2022: The University of Mumbai (MU) has asked all the affiliated colleges to provide practice question papers to students of professional courses. The directions have been made as Mumbai University exams 2022 will be conducted in offline mode. The colleges will also have to help students find temporary accommodation facilities during the duration of exams, in case they are not from Mumbai, said a circular issued by the university.

A circular dated April 21, released by Mumbai University issued by the Director of Board of Examinations and Evaluations Vinod Patil, refers to exams for professional courses such as engineering, pharmacy, and law among others.

Provide questions papers for practice before offline exams

The circular reads, “According to the paper pattern for the exam, the colleges should provide questions to students for practice. Students, who come from outside Mumbai should be helped in getting temporary accommodation in hostels either run by the colleges or those available in the nearby area. The colleges are expected to act accordingly to ensure a smooth examination process for students.”

As the country is trying to achieve post-pandemic normalcy, Mumbai University summer session exams for professional courses are to be held offline mode. Even though the question paper pattern is a combination of objective and subjective questions, students were apprehensive about appearing for the exam offline.

Asserting that colleges must conduct exams via offline mode, Faisal Shaikh, State Vice-President of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) said, “Most worried are the students who are not residents of Mumbai. For offline exams, if they come back to the city; accommodation is becoming a major issue. Not only is it expensive here in the city but also there are no suitable options for a short period of exams. After many such students approached us, we reached out to the university.”

As the classes have been conducted online, students are now worried to appear for exams via offline mode.

All Maharashtra Universities Exams in Offline Mode: Minister 

State minister for higher and technical education Uday Samant has clarified that all state university summer 2022 exams will be held offline. Samant conducted a meeting with vice-chancellors of all state universities to discuss the mode of conduct of semester exams, During the meeting, the officials unanimously agreed to go offline for all exams to be held between April and May 2022. The move came after Nagpur University announced the conduct of its semester exams via online mode. Soon, students across several universities started demanding online exams. Pune University students also started running a campaign on Twitter demanding SPPU Semester Exams 2022 online. 

The officials felt that this move will affect the exam schedule for affiliated colleges. Mumbai University Exams 2022 will be held offline, an official clarified. He further clarified that the ongoing final-year undergraduate exams, which are currently being held online, will continue in the same mode. The mode of conduct of exam can't be changed mid-way, he further added.

Mumbai University Exams 2022 pattern to remain the same 

Mumbai University has recently announced that it will be conducting offline exams following the orders of the state government. Talking about the conduct in exams via offline mode and MU semester exams 2022 pattern, an official form the University told TOI,  “As of now, we are not changing the schedule. We had released our calendar at the start of the academic session last year and we are able to stick to it to a great extent. Most of our exams are being scheduled as per the calendar. It will also be difficult to change the paper pattern at this stage.” The engineering and pharmacy question papers were to have 25% MCQs, whereas law exams were to have 50% MCQs. Students from the university are worried about last-minute changes after the minister’s announcement. An official from the department, however, said that the university should not have planned online exams when things were returning to normalcy.

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