Can you really call it a 'mistake' if you profit from it? Mumbai University's (MU) annual goof-up in assessment of exam papers is raking in big money at the cost of students. In 2016-17 alone, the varsity generated nearly Rs 5.5 crore just from students' requests for photocopy and re-evaluation of their papers. This begs the question of why MU charges students so much for re-evaluation when in most cases, it is at fault for incorrect scores."

In fact, MU halved its charges for re-evaluation in 2016. The re-evaluation fees dropped from R550 to Rs 250, while the charges for a photocopy of the answer sheet remains Rs 50. Going by this, the university's income should have decreased proportionally. Instead, the total revenue from re-evaluation and photocopy rose to a whopping Rs 5.5 crore that year (2016-17), more than double the amount the varsity generated in 2010-11 (Rs 2.3 crore).