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Later, they realised they had received a text message on the day of their exams informing them about the new centre, which was Wilson College at Girgaum Chowpatty. “In a rush to reach the exam centre and last minute revision, I missed seeing the text message,” a student said. The students managed to reach the new centre, but by then they had already lost 30 minutes.

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“It was a bad experience—not only did we reach late, it also took me almost 15 minutes to settle down, before I could start writing my exam,” the student said. When contacted, an official from MU said, “Due to some technical issue, we had to change the exam centre. We had sent messages to the students on the night before the exam. If they did not see the message, it is not our fault.”

Sanjay Vairal, the former senate member of MU, said, “We have written to the VC about these goof-ups happening in the last few days. This is unacceptable. Why should students suffer during exams?”