hello sir,
I'm suryanarayana from andhrapradesh. I do like to discuss some important
maters regarding on our problems. please send me your phone no or skype id.
please let me know when will be leasure?
Surya.
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From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Extra hour for visually handicapped students restored
This is when perhaps I wonder the point in awareness creation or education.
This never used to happen in TN before, but now as officials change I think
attitude is also changing. Change of attitude need not necessarily good, as
this case proves.
Subramani
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amiyo Biswas
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:18 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AI] Extra hour for visually handicapped students restored
Hello,
It should be stopped. I don't understand why using a scribe and extra time
are considered as facilities; they are necessities for us. I have noticed
attitude on the part of the officials in West Bengal too.
Best regards,
Amiyo Biswas.
Cell: +91-9433464329
Skype ID: amiyo11
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From: "Renuka Warrier" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:49 AM
Subject: [AI] Extra hour for visually handicapped students restored
Date:11/03/2009 URL:
http://www.thehindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031158030100.htm
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Extra hour for visually handicapped students restored
R.K. Radhakrishnan and Ramya Kannan
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Government had withdrawn extra time on March 3
No existing concession will be withdrawn: officials
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CHENNAI: The government has decided to cancel an official communiqué that
withdrew the extra time for visually handicapped students writing the Board
exams,
according to senior government officials. No existing concession will be
withdrawn, government officials told The Hindu.
On March 3, a letter from the Government Examinations Directorate to the
Social Welfare department specified that visually handicapped students will
have
scribes to write exams, but withdrew the extra hour. As per this letter, the
extra time concession remains only for a few categories of students,
including
those with dyslexia and neurological defects.
In fact, the letter specifically negates the earlier Government Order 270
issued by the Social Welfare department in 1993 allowing extra time for all
students
with physical disabilities. It goes on to state that all disabilities are
not the same and could not be treated alike, arguing that visually
challenged
students who have scribes need not be given the extra hour.
Meenakshi R of the State Disability Pressure Group Tamil Nadu says the
withdrawal of extra time is "arbitrary and unjust." This provision will
adversely
impact on the performance of students writing their exams at present and
therefore will also impact on their future, she added. As per the Convention
on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the State should provide all
reasonable support to enable a person with disability to participate.
C. Gopikrishnan of the NGO Nethrodaya says, "It seems as if we are being
told that visually handicapped students get an unfair advantage by having a
scribe.
Any other concession will be in excess." In reality, he says writing an exam
with the government-appointed scribe is very difficult. It requires the
scribe
to call out the questions to the student, who will dictate the answers,
which the scribe has to write down on the answer sheet. A fair bit of time
elapses
in communication between the student and the scribe and allowances have to
be made for that. "Most times, students find that the scribe allotted by the
government has to be given even basic information," says Mr. Gopikrishnan.
"For instance, a student who was writing accountancy exam had to tell the
scribe on which side of a balance sheet the credit balance should appear.
Sometimes,
students have to dictate even basic spellings," he says.
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