[AI] education issue of blind student
Please take the positive issue in this regard and approach to authorities for necessary actions related to facilities,schemes,concessions,modification in curriculum and legal examinations of Persons with Disabilities. The University Authorities violating the provisions of The Persons with Disabilities(Equal Opportunities,Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act,1995. The universities are not implementing the legal provisions by law,which were already implemented in India. All Universities should take following necessary action for the benefit of Persons with Disabilities specially Visually Impaired:- 1)The universities should follow the provisions of 'CHAPTER V EDUCATION' of The Persons with Disabilities(Equal Opportunities,Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act,1995,which are given below: Section 27(f) provides Providing every child with disability free of cost special books and equipments needed for his education. Section 30(b) provides The removal of architectural barriers from schools,colleges or other institution,imparting vocational and professional training. Section 30(c) provides The supply of books,uniforms and other materials to children with disabilities attending school. Section 30(d) provides The grant of scholarship to students with disabilities. Section 30(e) provides Setting up of appropriate fora for the redressal of grievances of parent,regarding the placement of their children with disabilities. Section 30(f) provides Suitable modification in the examination system to eliminate purely mathematical questions for the benefit of blind students and students with low vision. Section 30(g) provides Restructuring of curriculum for the benefit of children with disabilities. Section 30(h) provides restructuring the curriculum for benefit of students with hearing impairment to facilitate them to take only one language as part of their curriculum. Section 31 provides Educational institutions to provide amanuensis to students with Visual handicaps: All educational institutions shall provide or cause to be provided amanuensis to blind students and students with or low vision. •Amanuensis means: ॰a person who writes down what another says. ॰One who write the examination for visually impaired. ॰One who write another dictates. ॰A person whose employment is to write what another dictates or to copy what another has written. 2)The Universities should constitute the Department of Educational Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities(EEPD). All disability related procedures and matters should be forwarded to this department for necessary actions. 3)The University should also constitute An Educational Empowerment and Advisory Committee on Persons with Disabilities(EEACPD) for understanding the implementation,inspection and analysis of laws,rules and regulations made by Central and State Governments. 4)The study material,question papers should be provided in a accessible format. 5)The Universities should gives an alternative question paper for Visually Impaired instead of visual input questions like diagramatic,graphical and map based questions.The candidate should be given alternative text based non-visual questions instead of visual input based questions. A facility for the request to the same(non visual alternative questions) needs to be provided at the time of filling up the examination form/course registration form. The candidate will have the freedom to opt for the visual questions,if they so choose. The said preference will be recorded in the appropriate form. 6)If the special alternative question paper is not provided,the Visually Impaired Candidates should exempted from drawing diagram,graphs,maps etc. in University level as well as College level exam and gives equal marks to that visual input i.e.diagrams,graphs and maps based questions. 7)There should be any indicative mark/writing PwD category details in a column/special sticker/barcode on the answer sheets of PwD students for the evaluation of special answer sheets for evaluator and moderator. 8)The Compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour should be granted in theory as well as practical examinations for making use of scribe/reader/lab assistant. All the candidates with disabilities not availing the facility of scribe/laboratory assistant/reader will also be allowed the compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour. 9)For practical examination,the candidate should be permitted to use a Laboratory Assistant to make observational recordings and conducting practicals,wherever required. The qualification rule of the Laboratory Assistant will be same as that of scribe. Visually Impaired students should allowed to use a word processor program to type his/her Journals and then print outs can be either filed as a Journal or they can be pasted in a regular Journal. In absence of computer facility,the student will be allowed a use of assistant to write the journal.No criteria
[AI] education issue of blind student
Please take the positive issue in this regard and approach to authorities for necessary actions related to facilities,schemes,concessions,modification in curriculum and legal examinations of Persons with Disabilities. The University Authorities violating the provisions of The Persons with Disabilities(Equal Opportunities,Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act,1995. The universities are not implementing the legal provisions by law,which were already implemented in India. All Universities should take following necessary action for the benefit of Persons with Disabilities specially Visually Impaired:- 1)The universities should follow the provisions of 'CHAPTER V EDUCATION' of The Persons with Disabilities(Equal Opportunities,Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act,1995,which are given below: Section 27(f) provides Providing every child with disability free of cost special books and equipments needed for his education. Section 30(b) provides The removal of architectural barriers from schools,colleges or other institution,imparting vocational and professional training. Section 30(c) provides The supply of books,uniforms and other materials to children with disabilities attending school. Section 30(d) provides The grant of scholarship to students with disabilities. Section 30(e) provides Setting up of appropriate fora for the redressal of grievances of parent,regarding the placement of their children with disabilities. Section 30(f) provides Suitable modification in the examination system to eliminate purely mathematical questions for the benefit of blind students and students with low vision. Section 30(g) provides Restructuring of curriculum for the benefit of children with disabilities. Section 30(h) provides restructuring the curriculum for benefit of students with hearing impairment to facilitate them to take only one language as part of their curriculum. Section 31 provides Educational institutions to provide amanuensis to students with Visual handicaps: All educational institutions shall provide or cause to be provided amanuensis to blind students and students with or low vision. •Amanuensis means: ॰a person who writes down what another says. ॰One who write the examination for visually impaired. ॰One who write another dictates. ॰A person whose employment is to write what another dictates or to copy what another has written. 2)The Universities should constitute the Department of Educational Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities(EEPD). All disability related procedures and matters should be forwarded to this department for necessary actions. 3)The University should also constitute An Educational Empowerment and Advisory Committee on Persons with Disabilities(EEACPD) for understanding the implementation,inspection and analysis of laws,rules and regulations made by Central and State Governments. 4)The study material,question papers should be provided in a accessible format. 5)The Universities should gives an alternative question paper for Visually Impaired instead of visual input questions like diagramatic,graphical and map based questions.The candidate should be given alternative text based non-visual questions instead of visual input based questions. A facility for the request to the same(non visual alternative questions) needs to be provided at the time of filling up the examination form/course registration form. The candidate will have the freedom to opt for the visual questions,if they so choose. The said preference will be recorded in the appropriate form. 6)If the special alternative question paper is not provided,the Visually Impaired Candidates should exempted from drawing diagram,graphs,maps etc. in University level as well as College level exam and gives equal marks to that visual input i.e.diagrams,graphs and maps based questions. 7)There should be any indicative mark/writing PwD category details in a column/special sticker/barcode on the answer sheets of PwD students for the evaluation of special answer sheets for evaluator and moderator. 8)The Compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour should be granted in theory as well as practical examinations for making use of scribe/reader/lab assistant. All the candidates with disabilities not availing the facility of scribe/laboratory assistant/reader will also be allowed the compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour. 9)For practical examination,the candidate should be permitted to use a Laboratory Assistant to make observational recordings and conducting practicals,wherever required. The qualification rule of the Laboratory Assistant will be same as that of scribe. Visually Impaired students should allowed to use a word processor program to type his/her Journals and then print outs can be either filed as a Journal or they can be pasted in a regular Journal. In absence of computer facility,the student will be allowed a use of assistant to write the journal.No criteria
