Hello Mr. Vamsi Harish and other friends, I appriciate you for encouraging the visually impaired employees to compete with their normal couner parts. My intention of writing this mail is to give you the clear picture on procedure of conducting departmental tests in Andhra Pradesh and seeking your valuable guidance to resolve the problem. Teachers and other state Government employees should clear departmental tests with books to be promoted to the next cadre. In other words, the APPSC conducts departmental exams in open book system. 8 to 12 books containing thousands of pages are proscribed for each test. No book is available in any accessible format including Braille. Laptops, CD players, Mp3 players and cell phones are prohibited in the examination hall. More over the PSC provides substandard scribes for writing the exam. Only 30 minutes extra time will be given for each paper. The scribe has to read the question paper, read the content in the text books, edit the content and copy the content in to the answer paper with in the stipulated time frame. Passing or failing in the exam purely depends on the performance and copying ability of the scribe. The role of the candidate and preparation is nominal in the exam hall. Moreover, candidates who presented well without copying the books could not yield any success. Copying right material and more material from the proscribed text books can yield very good results in the exams. All employees in the state who attain 45 years are exempted from passing the departmental tests for availing one time promotion. In this situation NGOs working for the welfare of visually impaired made several representations to design alternative methodology for conducting departmental tests for employees with visual disability for two decades. The Government has failed to design alternative methodology for conducting of departmental tests and recognizing special needs of persons with visual disability. As a result some of the eligible visually impaired employees denied promotions not having the ability of copying the materials. The failure mechanism of the Government made the visually impaired employees request the Government to exempt them from passing the test until they prepare books in Braille or any other accessible format. After receiving several demands, The Government of AP realized the accessibility issue and agreed to promote the employees without passing the departmental test and compel them clear the test within five years after attaining the next cadre. Now please tell me: 1. Do you want the visually impaired employees deny promotions due to not having the ability of copying the materials? 2. Do you advice the visually impaired to accept their juniors as their superiors? 3. Is it the problem of in ability or accessibility? 4. Do you still consider the partial exemption from passing the test as a charity? 5. Do you think 45 years crossed exempted employee gets more respect, exempted visually impaired employees below 45 years less respect in the next cadre? 6. Do you think all state government VI employees aware of access technology to over come from the problem? 7. Do you oppose reservations for persons with disabilities in the name of equality? 8. What role do you assign to visually impaired employees to overcome from the problem? 9. Will you please explain the procedure for conducting departmental tests for VI employees working in Central Government? Expecting an early solution for this problem from you all. Happy Ramjan, Thanks and regards, [email protected],
On 8/31/11, Vamshi. G <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem is the same in all the exams. We can't ask for exemptions > from exams on the ground that accessible reading material is not > available. Instead we should fight for provision of the same in > accessible format. > > I totally endorse Harish sir's views. Exemption for visually > challenged from writing the exams is a very unhealthy practice. > > On 8/31/11, naveen kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> Regarding the comment that u have posted, I contradict that view. >> Because promotion for departmental in government sector has a >> practical aspect attached. >> As it is demonic in nature it’s very difficult for us to have material >> in accessible format. >> So we must demand an exemption or any support test instead of it. >> Its not say we are insufficient are inferior. >> There are certain things which are not in our control. >> So we must seriously think once before commenting. >> --, >> A. NAVEEN KUMAR, >> I.M.A. SOCIAL SCIENCES, >> ROOM N.O. 013, >> MENS HOSTEL [I], >> UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD, >> GACHI BOWLI, >> HYDERABAD. >> 500046. >> >> MOBILE: 9493471765 >> EMAIL ID: [email protected] >> skype: naveenkumarhcu >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > G. Vamshi > PH Res : +91 877-2243861 > Mobile: +91 9949349497 > E-mail ID: > [email protected] > Skype: gvamshi81 > > www.retinaindia.org > From darkness unto light > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
