That is the universal standard. universities arbitrarily decide the amount of extra time. But that can be legally challenged.
----- Original Message ----- From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Examinations using pc > Well, the ratio of 50% extra time is something new for me. Has it been > recently fixed by UGC? hitherto we used to get either half an hour or in > case of some universities like Nagpur and [perhaps delhi also], one full > hour extra.. > > Rajesh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Taraprakash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:50 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Examinations using pc > > >> UGC provides for 50 % extra time. so If the total time allowed is 3 >> hours, >> you should get 4.5 hours. The computer crash or load shading all depend >> on >> your luck. You have no legal right on asking for more extra time. what >> you >> can however, ask for is uninterupted power supply. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Shadab Husain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 11:02 PM >> Subject: [AI] Examinations using pc >> >> >>> Friends, I have some questions on giving examinations using pc. >>> 1. what if the electricity goes off during the exam, and the >>> substituting device takes time to start? Will we get extra time for >>> that? >>> 2. we are not getting any extra time, but almost everyone makes >>> typographical errors, and it is easier for sighted people to catch >>> their mistakes because they look at the screen when they type; but we >>> don't look. Do we not deserve any extra time for proof reading? >>> 3. the speed of the computer, in my humble opinion, plays a crucial >>> role while typing. For example, if we are using the option of both >>> characters and words while typing on pentium 4, and the ram is less >>> than 256, jaws takes a little time to speak the typed letter, and when >>> we press the space bar in order to listen the word, it takes half a >>> second to speak the word. And sometimes this takes more than this! >>> Will we get a p 4 with 512 ram to take our examination? >>> >>> >>> trusting a reply from you >>> >>> Shadab Husain >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> with the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please visit the list home page at >>> >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
