BMS Ko Bol Dunga: Sem 6 blunders- The University of Mumbai does it again!

Post the FM paper fiasco in semester 5, the University of Mumbai, has managed to maintain its share of goof-up’s for the BMS department this semester as well. “Thank God, they didn’t mess up the papers this time!” says a frustrated T.Y.BMS student of econometrics. Frustrated because this time, apparently the university did not print a single hall ticket with the subject of econometric’s, everyone got IAPM by default and the entire procedure of getting the subject changed was really annoying.

For all those in the dark, Econometrics is on its own a very difficult subject and a very few colleges offer students a chance to take it up. The lack of decent college professors, coaching classes or study material creates a huge problem for the students wishing to take up the subject.

Adding to all these woes of the econometric’s students, the additional burden this time was when the university printed IAPM by default for all students and those who had opted for econometric’s had to go and get it corrected.

“The University has a huge campus but the office building where all the grievances are taken into account is old and shattered,” shares another econometric’s student. “After standing in queue for almost the entire day our hall tickets had the required changes made. All around us were pan-stained and chai-stained bundles of examination and admission forms dumped as if it were trash” he adds.

“It was dirty, no place to sit, no proper ventilation and an extremely arrogant range of staff to deal with; this visit to the university was truly memorable”; shared a very sarcastic student. “The kind of obsolete technology and the crumbling nature of the building made it impossible for us to believe that this is the university that has been awarding prestigious degrees from the time of our grandfathers till today and will continue to do so to our children as well” said the students.

The only thing that is constant is change, and the university needs to put that into practice really soon! Hopefully BMS students won’t have to cry this time again due to the correction practices adopted is all that we can pray about!