Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai

Mumbai, Mar 9: University of Mumbai has postponed several third-year degree examinations after their dates clashed with entrance test schedules announced by the Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell (CET Cell).

The university said 28 examination papers across various courses have been rescheduled to ensure students appearing for both university exams and entrance tests do not face inconvenience.

Although the university had announced its academic calendar earlier, the CET Cell had also released tentative dates for entrance exams in November last year. With the entrance exam schedule now finalised, the university revised its timetable to prevent an overlap.

The CET season will begin with the Bachelor of Education entrance test on March 27, followed by the Master of Computer Applications entrance test on March 30. The three-year law entrance test will be conducted on April 1 and April 2, while the MBA and Masters in Management Studies entrance exams are scheduled from April 6 to April 8.

Several third-year examinations in arts, commerce and science streams had earlier been scheduled on the same dates, prompting students to raise concerns over the clash.

According to the revised schedule, the fifth-semester Bachelor of Commerce examination earlier planned for March 27 will now be held on April 4.

Examinations for third-year Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia and Mass Communication, along with some papers from the distance and online education department earlier scheduled for March 27, will now take place on April 9.

Similarly, exams that were earlier planned for March 30 will now be conducted on April 10, while those scheduled for April 1, 2 and 4 have been shifted to April 11, April 13 and April 15, respectively.

Some sixth-semester science and mass communication examinations originally scheduled for April 8 have now been postponed to April 16, the university said.