Amar, Has this matter being taken up by the State Commissioner for Disabilities or other legal forum? Do you have any coordinates of the concerned officials or affected people there?
On 4 March 2014 11:54, Amar Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > Read this news article friends. > > Visually challenged denied writers in exams > Bhanu P Lohumi > Tribune News Service > Shimla, March 3. Visually challenged students appearing for various > exams have not been provided writers in spite of clear guidelines > issued by the Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social > Justice and Empowerment. > The XII Board exams and university clerical exams will commence from > March 5 and 9, but the department has rejected the demand of the > students to arrange scribes and asked them to arrange them on their > own. > Noting that the state had not provided writers them, the Department of > Disability Affairs had asked the examination conducting authority to > arrange scribes for these candidates. > However, the department took a stand that it would not provide > scribes/writers to the candidates who were unable to write and only > allow the disabled persons to arrange writer for them. > Vinay, a visually challenged person from Hamirpur, who is to appear > for the clerical exam conducted by Himachal Pradesh University on > March 9, said he had been asked to find a writer for himself with the > conditions that the writer should be matriculate with less than 50 per > cent marks. > "I am unable to find the writer with less than 50 per cent marks and > as a result I will not be able to appear in the exam," he lamented. > Prem, another student, hailing from Rampur, said: "I am not able to > study for my exams as failure to get a writer has become a nightmare > for me as we are not given Braile sets in exams and writer reads out > the question paper to us. Moreover, we have to send two photographs > and proof of educational qualification of the scribe and affidavit to > the Secretary of the education Board/Controller of Exam in > universities with an application for their approval. It is a lengthy > process and if the approval is not given on time, the candidate is not > allowed to sit in the examination," she added. > Chairman, Umang Foundation, Ajay Srivastav, who has been fighting for > their rights for the past one year, has also asked the government to > abide by the guidelines of the Union Government and immediately > provide writers to the students. > > -- > Amar Jain. > Website: www.amarjain.com > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Warm regards, Subhash Chandra Vashishth Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Consider environment! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
