Until a few years ago, the Mumbai University was touted as having one of the best English departments in the country. But the recent results of the National Entrance Test (NET) paint a different picture. Out of 450 students who appeared for the English paper in the NET this June, only 18 have passed. Moreover, only two have been selected for Junior Research Fellowship. The poor result has prompted academicians to raise questions about the quality of education at the university. However, people from the institute are blaming the subject’s vast syllabus and question paper pattern for the poor result.

The NET result hasn’t helped the image of the Mumbai University that has been shrouded in a recent spate of controversies