Mumbai University Hits A New Low 50% of financial accounting question paper flawed

Mumbai University Hits A New Low  50% of financial accounting question paper flawed

Mumbai University Hits A New Low: No Respite From Paper Goof-Ups, Exam Confusion


The University of Mumbai’s series of goof-ups this exam season appears to have only intensified. On Tuesday, more than 10,000 students of B.Com Accounts and Finance (BAF) were stumped by the error ridden 60-mark Financial Accounting Paper-VIII.While the university got the errors rectified within 30-45 minutes, students from at least one centre said a 15-mark error was left uncorrected till the end. These students are now worried about failing the crucial paper.
After spending more than 20 minutes on the first question in the paper, students realized that the given details could be incorrect. Their fears were not unfounded. After the university received a complaint from one of the centres, it sent a corrected version of the paper to all the 31 centres where thousands were taking the exam. There were around three errors in the question paper of 60 marks.

While one in the first question of 15 marks was glaring, the other two minor errors were in a fill in the blanks question for 1 mark and in another 15-mark question.

At least five students who had their exam centre at G G College in Vasai said the figure given against the term share capital was Rs 20 lakh in the question paper, whereas the correct figure was Rs 16 lakh. With the figure given in the question paper, we were unable to arrive at a tally, said a student. When we informed the supervisor about the error, the university sent a corrected question set. However, even the corrected version did not rectify the error in the first 15-mark question.The college official mentioned only the other two errors, which were minor, added the student.College officials could not be reached.

In most other centres, all the questions were corrected. Several students, though, said the centre authorities did not give them any extra time to solve the paper. We spent over 15 minutes trying to get the right answer with the wrong question. We were entitled to extra time, said a student from another college.

Commerce dean Madhu Nair said the university will take stringent action against the papersetter. This is an example of utter negligence and the university will take stringent action against the ones who are responsible for these errors. Students who have attempted the question and were not informed about the error need not worry.If the claims are true, the board of examinations can take a decision to compensate for lost marks. Students will not be at a loss, said Nair. The controller of examination informed all the 31 centres within 15-20 minutes of the call from the centre, said Nair.

Source: TOI

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