Dear Friends,
A global problem being described here is really all about finding ways to
hold people accountable by causing them some severe consequence if they do
not make necessary provisions available.
Whether or not it is high-level Government officials or heads of educational
institutions or whatever, failure to do the right thing should have
consequences that can be implemented. Only corruption prevents this in my
view. When we find ourselves living in a world where justice and fairness
exists and can be properly implemented? A world in which law enforcement is
equally possible than the big mouths who just put out loud legislature.
Sorry for my ranting.
Yamuna Jivana Dasa
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From: avinash shahi
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 7:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AI] JAHNAVI T. R reports for The Hindu: Finding a scribe more
stressful than exam itself for students with disabilities
students are still struggling to find scribes. Despite a few NGOs and
volunteers offering their services to students, various rules
prescribed by the universities, such as the educational level of the
scribe should be lower than that of the candidate, have left students
worried. Most universities do not provide a scribe and leave the
responsibility to the students.
Visually-challenged students, especially those who have come from
other districts, said that a lack of support system to find scribes
makes them more nervous than the exams themselves.
“As exams begin on March 28, I have been trying for the last one month
to find a scribe and I have had no luck. Even during my II PU exams, I
struggled the same way. Our future is dependent on them and yet some
of them cancel the last minute and leave us in a quandary,” said
Santosh M.P., a student from Vijayapura studying in a college
affiliated to Bangalore University.
Another student from Chikkamagaluru, Dileep, studying under Bangalore
University, also shared a similar ordeal. “If I were in my hometown, I
could have at least taken my younger brother or a family member. What
do I do here? A few years ago, the situation was not this bad, but now
some people even demand money for it and we cannot afford that. We get
very little support from our college or varsity.” He added that with
NEP around, even Braille textbooks were not available for some newer
subjects.
The students said that if universities had designated scribes, it
would save them a lot of distress during exam seasons. “The Education
Department needs awareness about the problems faced by these students.
They need to create an ecosystem to find scribes. These problems are
existent not just for degree students, but across the board, even for
competitive exams,” said Muthuraj, a volunteer, who works with
visually-challenged students as well as scribes.
The officials at Bangalore University and Bangalore North University
acknowledged that they do not provide scribes, but did not say much
about why they do not. They said that the students must inform the
principals of their college a couple weeks before the examination
about their scribe and also provide a medical certificate. They also
said that the scribes should neither be studying in the same stream as
the candidate nor should they be more educated.
) also said that the students are usually expected to bring their own
scribes for SSLC and PUC exams. “The students have to take permission
at the DDPI level and provide medical certificates. In some districts,
if the students cannot find scribes at all, then the DDPI arranges for
a government school or college student to help them out,” said
Prasanna Kumar, senior assistant director (examination), KSEAB.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/finding-a-scribe-more-stressful-than-exam-itself-for-students-with-disabilities/article66630923.ece
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सादर/ Regards
अविनाश शाही/ Avinash Shahi
सहायक/ Assistant
मानव संसाधन प्रबंध विभाग/ Human Resource Management Department
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक/ Reserve Bank of India
लखनऊ क्षेत्रीय कार्यालय/Lucknow RO
विस्तार/ Extension: 2232
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