Syllabus changes, students in spot

MUMBAI: Two weeks to go for their examination and thousands of final-year commerce students have received a shocker in the form of a note from the Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL), which states that candidates will be tested on the basis of the old syllabus even though the university revised the course last year.

Sandhurst Road resident Shreevani Patel conundrum echoes the kind of uncertainty the approximately 15,000 students are facing: "For a year, we studied the new syllabus and now the university is telling us they are going to set papers based on the old course"

Siddhesh Dumde prepared for the exam on the basis of the revised curriculum throughout the year and was shocked that the university had asked him to now appear for the final TYBcom exam on the basis of the old syllabus. "It doesn't even make sense for students to study the old syllabus when the university has revised it. When there is a new updated course, why should we study something that is outdated?" he said.