Very good. now these directions along with the court orders should be forwarded to chief comissioner disabilities for further action. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 2:44 PM Subject: [AI] Writer
> Thanks for all the help. yesterday the court approved the guidelines and > the maharashtra commissioner of Disabilities will issue a GR in 8 days. > > The battle is won but the war still goes on. There are many issues that > these guidelines will throw up which will need to go to court in the > future. Also I do think that the other states need to get similar > guidelines passed and also the Chief Commissioner needs to do some work on > his original guidelines. > > Those of you in Maharashtra can photo copy the Order and use it during all > exam. > Here is the final set of guidelines. > Guidelines for Appointment and Availing facility of Scribe > > > > 1. The scribe/writer should either be provided by the examining authority > or be arranged by the candidate himself/herself at the discretion of the > candidate. > > > > 2. Any attempt at cheating can be curbed by ensuring proper supervision > and vigilance by the invigilators. > > > > 3. Considering the practical problems, it is necessary that if the scribe > is provided by the examination conducting authorities, such authorities > must ensure the competence of the scribe/writer. > > > > 4. The examining authority should make it very clear in the advertisement > it self regarding availability of scribe/writers. > > > > 5. The Candidate should furnish in the application form it self that > he/she would like to avail the facility of writer from the examining body > or he himself would arrange for the scribe/writer. > > > > 6. The examining body should identify the scribes/writers and make the > panels at district/Division or state level as per requirement of > examination. > > > > 7. The Panels of scribe should be as per requirement of the > stream/discipline eg. Arts, Commerce, Science & Mathematics, Engineering, > Medical etc. and only eligible scribes should be included in the panel. > > > > 8. It is desirable that the candidate and the scribe are from the same > stream. > > > > 9. In case the candidate avails the services of his/her own scribe/writer, > the scribe/writer should be one grade junior in academic qualification > than the candidate if from the same stream. However, this condition shall > not apply if the scribe/writer is from a different stream. > > > > 10. No other restriction should be imposed on the selection of a > scribe/writer. > > > > 11. The Chief invigilator of the examination center should have > discretionary powers to accept last minute change of scribes under > exigencies. > > > > 12. More than 1 scribe may not be permitted to write different papers. > However, subject to clause (11) above such change be permitted. > > > > 13. The letter approving the scribe should contain the following > information in writing: > > i. the extra time given to the candidate > > ii. He shall be seated separately > > iii. Beside the date and subject name, scribe name should be printed for > every paper. > > iv. Contact address and phone number of competent authority should also > be printed for last minute change of scribe. > > > > 14. Refreshments, if any to scribes/writers should either be served before > or after the examination > > > > > > 15. Candidate and scribe should be provided with full information about > the duration of the examination. > > > > > > 16. Additional time > > i. for a written test of duration of 1 hour at least > 20 minutes extra time should be allotted. > > ii. Similarly for written tests involving more than one > or less than one hour extra time should be worked out on the basis of 20 > minutes per one hour criteria. > > > > 17. Proper sitting arrangement should be made before commencement of the > examination so as to avoid confusion and distraction. > > > > 18. Sitting arrangements for the disabled candidates should be made on the > ground floor, as far as possible. > > > > 19. Alternative questions must be provided in cases where the original > question contains visual elements and/or require the candidate to > interpret or produce such visual elements. However the candidate may elect > to answer the original question. > > > > 20. Blind candidates have the facility to write answers in Braille or on a > computer or a typewriter. The answer paper in Braille should be evaluated > by the expert/examiners in Braille script. If possible the question paper > may be provided in Braille or in digital text. > > > > 21. The SSC/HSC Boards, Universities, all educational institutions and > all recruiting authorities should follow these instructions. > > > > > > > > > > Kanchan Pamnani > Advocate & Solicitor > 9, Suleman Chambers, > Battery Street, Colaba, > Mumbai - 400 039. > > > 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
