Hi Srini A good thing at Hyderabad, I understand, blind students studying SSC are appearing the same maths / science papers as their able bodied counterparts. I certainly second your opinion, there should not be any relaxation in the passing marks. Harish.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Srinivasu Ch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:07 PM Subject: [AI] Situation at School for the Blind - Hyderabad > Hi all, > > It appears there is a sad situation at Government School for the Blind > (both boys and girls) at Hyderabad. > > Generally the school re-opens in June and classes will immediately > commins. However, this year yet classes are not commenced atleast till > my last visit to School for the Blind boys on 21st July, 2008. > > During April, 08, both these schools were taken over by Disabled > Welfare department from Education department that resulted some > teachers / students go on strike. > > It seems so far no steps were taken towards restoration of the > situation and I feel students are the ultimate loosers as it is going > to be time for quarterly examinations. > > I don't have any actual facts on the situation but this is what I have > seen and heard of. > > It shall be great, if some organization chip in and look into the situation. > > Another problem in Andhra Pradesh (not sure for other states) that > there is a Government Order that states only 20 markes per subject > qualifies a blind student to clear 10th Std examination where as it is > 35 marks for others. This can lead to lack of quality in education as > the students may ignore to study seriously as they need to score only > 20 marks per subject and even teachers may not teach properly. It will > also become problem for student in the future in getting employment. > > -- > Ch. Srinivasu > Mumbai, India > Contact: +91-9920229081 > > Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > Registration is now open! > > 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 > Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! 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
