As many as 120 parents of students enrolled at the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) have complained to the chief minister and governor of Maharashtra about the school's new assessment policy. The strict assessment policy of NMIMS's Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce requires students to repeat a year if they fail in an exam, instead of being allowed to keep terms and reappear for the subject in the following academic year. This has become a cause of concern for nearly 45 per cent of students who face uncertain futures.

The students and parents have alleged that out of 140 students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) courses at the Mumbai campus, 65 have failed. At the Hyderabad campus, six out of 18 students failed in the second year of BCom exams, while nearly 100 students out of 160 in first-year BCom and 34 out of 60 in second-year BCom, failed at the Navi Mumbai campus.