29 LLB students score 0; MU corrects blunder
Mumbai, July 3 -- A glaring lapse at the University of Mumbai (MU) left 29 final-year law students with zero marks in one or more papers in their sixth-semester examinations, forcing the varsity to revise the results after Senate members stepped in.
The students, from the university's three-year LLB programme, discovered they had been awarded zero marks despite having attempted most, if not all, questions. The errors came to light after they asked to see their answer sheets.
In some cases, the answer sheets had not been checked at all. In others, only a few answers had been checked, students said. One student who had attempted every question said that only three of their answers were checked, resulting in a score of nine marks.
"I got zero marks in some subjects. When I asked to see my answer sheets, I found that the teacher had made a lot of mistakes," said another student.
The affected students first approached officials of the university's Examination and Evaluation Board, but claimed they did not get a proper response. They then approached Yuva Sena (UBT) representatives and University Senate members, who raised the issue with the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Ajay Bhamre, and demanded a re-evaluation. "We rectified the results and uploaded them on the portal," said an MU official....
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