good initiative,
But in special cases, principals can assign
close relatives if the situation demands it. as present writer rules, in
many cases writers solve maths and reasoning questions for the blind!
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From: akshun mahajan
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 2:55 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] Puja Pednekar reports in the Hindustan Times today:
Maharashtra to form a writers’ pool for disabled students
great initiative even in my show I spoke to Mr Mukesh Jain to think of
our writer problems he assured me that he would think of it but
unfortunately he is no more with MSJE.
On 1/12/17, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote:
The resolution is silent on remuneration?
http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/maharashtra-to-form-a-writers-pool-for-disabled-students/story-xv5lNH31PrdgxPeWbLiaeL.html
The Maharashtra state school education department is setting up an
online repository of writers to aid differently abled students in
appearing for Class 1 to 12 exams, said a government resolution issued
on Wednesday.
The online platform: http://www.research.net/r/readerwriterbank will
be active from January 16 and will put schools in touch with people
interested in acting as an amanuensis for disabled students.
Each school will furnish the details of writers’ available with them
and this will be added to the pool. Similarly, candidates interested
in helping students can register themselves on the link. These writers
can be used to help students anywhere in the state, said Suvarna
Kharat, deputy secretary of the department, who issued the GR. “The
writers bank is a permanent solution for students, it will take care
of demand and supply,” said Kharat.
School principals will have the power to assign writers to the
students, states the GR, laying down guidelines to be followed. But
the students will have to right to choose from the available list.
Writers must be a year younger to the students but adult writers can
be assigned to students as a last resort. They must not be teachers
from their own school or other schools, relatives, private tutors or
coaching class teachers. But in special cases, principals can assign
close relatives if the situation demands it.
Experts welcomed the initiative saying that it will lighten the stress
on students and schools to find writers. “Schools usually have a hard
time finding students who are sensitive and willing to act as writers
for students with special needs,” said Harish Shetty, senior
psychiatrist, Dr LH Hiranandani Foundation Hospital, Powai.
How did the idea of writers’ bank come up
On January 21, 2016, a group of doctors from Mumbai met with education
officials and they agreed to set up writers’ banks in schools
On January 11, 2017, the education department issued a GR to lay down
the guidelines on how to build this bank of writers and readers to aid
disabled students. It will be made available online.
Objectives of setting up the bank
- Make writers and interpreters available to needy students
- Boost students’ self-confidence
- Remove obstacles faced by students
How it will be done
- Teachers must encourage students to act as writers
- Schools that have writers and interested adults must register online
from January 16
- Information and the link will be displayed on the education
department’s website
- Those signing up as writers, will be able to find needy students
from the selected areas
- Schools in search of writers will be able to do the same and contact
the writer
- Principals will have the right to assign writers
- Writers should be a year younger to the student. Adult writers can
be assigned as a last resort
- Adult writers must not be teachers from their own school or other
schools, relatives, private tutors or coaching class teachers
- Principals will have the right to assign close relatives as writers
in special cases
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Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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