Online assessment fallout: 1 less subject to study in BCom final yr
MU says number of finalyear answer sheets set to reduce by 80K
MUMBAI: Third-year
Commerce (TY BCom) students will have one less subject to study, from
the upcoming academic year 2018-2019. Currently, TY BCom students have
seven subjects, which will be brought down to six.
The University of Mumbai
(MU) has not taken the decision to ease the pressure of the students.
It has in fact, taken the decision to ease the assessment burden,
currently worrying the examiners.
The change in the syllabus is aimed at spreading out subjects more
evenly during the threeyear course. It will reduce the assessment burden
on the delayprone examination department, and will likely ensure timely
results for the final year students.
“The university
started gradually revising the curricula of the undergraduate courses
from 2016-17 and culminated in 2018-19. Under the earlier syllabus, the
students studied seven subjects each, in the first and third years and
six subjects in the second year. The varsity decided to move one out
paper of the special subject chosen by a student [accounting or
management] from final year to the second year, as the second year had
only one paper of the special subject,” said Siddheshwar Gadade, dean
in-charge, commerce faculty, MU.
With the new curriculum in place, the university
will have to assess 70,000 - 80,000 fewer papers in a semester
examination. This is because MU only conducts final year examinations
for other undergraduate (UG) courses, while the first two years’ tests
are conducted by the respective colleges.
Earlier, MU, which is being weighed down by assessments after it
adopted the on-screen marking system last year, shifted all but final
year examinations of three and five year LLB courses to colleges.
Teachers hope that, with fewer papers to assess, MU will be able
to declare the final year results on time. “Any delay in the third year
results, affects the future career prospects of students,” said Jayant
Apte, vice principal, KES Shroff College, Kandivli.
“There is an uproar because final year results are delayed. But number of examiners are not sufficient,” added Gadade.
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