Not only this 50 percentage limit is ludicrous, but also it makes the securing of such a scribe even more difficulte. Its not possible to find people in this percentage category.
--- Manish Agrawal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe the 50% limit (that has been arbitrarily > raised to 60%) is > completely discriminatory and we should argue to get > this removed. > The SBI contention to me sounds arbitrary to the > extent of being > paradoxical in the sense that they believe 50% marks > is bad enough that > the scribe would not be unduely able to help the > candidate while 50% is > good enough that the scribe can sufficiently address > all the > requirements of a scribe. > where did this 50% bar come from? different > examining bodies have > different marking schemes for different educational > levels and subjects. > e.g. 50% is average marks in arts but even 85% is > not good enough in > mathematics in class X. > The fact that this is suggested by the CCD is all > the more unfortunate > because CCD would be considered the most scientific > source of disability > related guidance. However, this 50% guidance is not > related to a > disabled person. It is related to the ability of an > able bodied person > acting as the scribe. This guidance, if at all, > should come from an > education board based on scientifically collected > data. > > I noticed in the RBI guidelines, this limit is not > present. > The RBI on the other hand places the condition of > one and the same > scribe to be used for all exams. This again is > arbitrary. If preventing > cheating is the motive, then an invigilator should > be provided (which is > already done I guess). > > These guidelines are wrong in their very intent. > The guidelines should > be aimed at solving the problem of enabling people > with disabilities to > integrate with the main stream. > These guidelines, on the other hand, intend to set > up barriers against > cheating and fraud, which is an important but > completely different > problem. > > The cheating and fraud guidelines should be a > separate broader circular > that is mostly common to all candidates. > > my 2 cents > > -Manish > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Pamnani > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AI] Policy for Examination > > This is the view of State Bank of India. > > State Bank of India > > kanchan > > Central Recruitment & Promotion Department, > > Corporate Centre, Tulsiani Chambers > > 1st Floor (West Wing), 212, > > Free Press Journal Marg, > > Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021. > > Tel. No.: 91 - 022 - 2282 O427. > > Fax: 91 - 022 - 2282 0411. > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Under Secretary to the Govt. of India, > > Ministry of Finance, > > Department of Financial Services, > > Jeevan Deep, > > 10, Parliament Street, > > New Delhi-110001. > > > > No. CRPD/AB/2007/891 > Dated: November 14, 2007 > > > > Dear Sir, > > > > Notice of Hearing U/S 63 of The Persons With > Disabilities Act 1995 Case > No. 3929/2007. > > > > We refer to your letter No. F.3/6/2007-SCT (B) dated > 6th November 2007 > in the captioned matter. > > > > In this connection, we have to advise that the > scribes are allowed to > help the persons with visual/locomotive impairment > to read the question > paper and write the answers relating to concerned > examinations. Until > July 2007, we had allowed scribes on following terms > and conditions to > assist the visually/locomotor impaired candidates in > terms of guidelines > issued by the Office of the Chief Commissioner for > Disabilities vide > letter no. 27- UP(38)/C.C.D/2000/5751 dated > 10.05.2000 (Annexure 'A')- > > > > 1.. Scribe/Writer must be on grade junior in > academic qualification > from the candidate. > 2.. Scribe/Writer should be one possessing 50% or > less marks. > 3.. Scribe/Writer should be from academic > discipline other than that > of the candidate. > 4.. Scribe/Writer should be arranged by the > candidate at their own > cost (discretion has been given to the examining > authority). > > > In the meantime, we received a notice from the Dy. > Chief Commissioner, > In the Court of the Chief Commissioner for Persons > With Disabilities on > a complaint filed by the National Association for > the Blind (Annexure > 'B'), wherein the Court took cognizance of raising > of the limit for > scribes to 60% by some Banks. Earlier, the > complainant had requested us > to raise/liberalize the criteria on the basis of > their letter no. > EMP:SVK/2007/64 dated May 15, 2007, wherein they > provided us with a copy > of Court Order No. PIL No. 129of2003 and > Maharashtra Government > directives vide circular no. 06-07/2951 dated > December 20, 2006 > (Annexure 'C'). The following guidelines have been > laid down by the > Maharashtra Government therein relating to > qualification of a scribe- > > a) It is desirable that the candidate and the > scribe are from the > same stream. > > b) 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. > > c) No other restriction should be imposed on > the selection of a > scribe/writer. > > > > It would appear-from the order that the above > guidelines === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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