That's what we do, balance the western excesses. I said that university 
arbitrarily decide on the extra time. Delhi university allows 1 3rd extra 
time (1 hour to be more precise for 3 hour exam).
JNU provides 50% extra time for the entrance exams. In the US you can get 
double of normal time even for a test like GRE. But the standard is 50 % 
extra. I will try to fish out the UGC circular in the matter. May be you'll 
need to wait till summers.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Examinations using pc


> Tara,
> Universal where?
> Do you know if it is written anywhere? I have never got more than 30 mins
> extra for a 3 hour paper.
> We must check this out completely. It will be really helpful. I would have
> stood first in all my exams if I had had more time to finish the paper.
> If anybody has a circular or any reference please mail it to the group.
> Kanchan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Taraprakash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 21:48
> Subject: Re: [AI] Examinations using pc
>
>
>> 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
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