The pandemic has severely affected students across the state. There has been a huge drop in admissions enrolment in undergraduate courses affiliated to the Mumbai University. In Mumbai city, the suburbs and Thane area, enrolment has dropped from 1,90,336 in 2019-20 to 1,57,299 in the academic year 2020-21. The situation is similar in post-graduate courses. Mumbai University Senate members discussed the issue on Saturday.

Mumbai district ranks top in districts with low enrolment in UG courses this academic year, compared to last year with 19 per cent less enrolment. It is closely followed by Thane with 17.7 per cent decrease. The University has jurisdiction in seven districts with its affiliated colleges - Mumbai - city and suburbs, Thane, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Palghar. In the last academic year, from all these together, a total of 2,23,927 students took admissions to the first year of UG courses. This dropped to 1,87,188 students this academic year; a dip of 36,739.