An oversight by the Mumbai University left hundreds of first-year law students, who were appearing for their second-semester examination at the, in a state of shock as they were handed wrong question paper on Tuesday, October 11.
It is pertinent to note that the first-year law students from the 2021-22 batch, whose term was delayed by six months on account of late admissions, were giving their semester II exams.
The Mumbai university by mistake distributed a question paper for the first-year LLB exams at 11 am and then withdrew it 30 minutes later realising it was last year's paper.
At many colleges, the question paper was distributed and then taken back, and students were asked to come back for the exam at noon. Eventually, they were given a fresh question paper after an hour's delay.
Students were given time till 2 pm to write the exam. Due to this, at a few colleges, the five-year LLB exam scheduled in the afternoon was delayed.
Clarifying on the same, Government Law College (GLC) and K C college principal said that in the e-delivery mechanism, the university uploads the question paper and colleges are expected to download it and print copies. Minutes after the papers were distributed to students, the university realised that the question paper from the last exam was issued. They alerted the colleges to abruptly stop the exam and wait for the new paper. Students had already started attempting the paper and were annoyed when they had to take it back. It was complete chaos as they had over 300 students spread across classrooms, he added.
At some colleges, students waited in their respective classes. Since these students were giving a 'delayed' summer exam, the Mumbai University followed the paper pattern from the April-May exam, which had 50% multiple-choice and 50 per cent descriptive questions.
A Mumbai University spokesperson said that "due to some technical reason, the previous year's paper was sent to the colleges by mistake".
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