Can you write Kannada? Lend a hand for the visually-challenged Tulika Bhogaraju / DNA Bangalore: Imagine being visually impaired - you would need assistance to read this newspaper. And what if you were a student? You would need a scribe, someone able to write your examination for you. Gangamma S, 20, a visually impaired student of the first year BA course, with the help of friends and the voluntary organisation, Samarthanam, managed to find a scribe who could read and write Kannada and help her answer her examinations. Not every visually impaired student is as fortunate. There is a group of visually impaired students who wish to take examinations from May14-June 7; all of them are enrolled in BSc classes. They need volunteers who will act as scribes, so they can write examinations at the BNM College, Basavanagudi or Surana College, near South End Circle. "Earlier, it was okay if the scribe wrote only one paper, and someone else helped with other papers. However, rules have changed now and one scribe is expected to help with all the six examinations, including the language paper. What this means is that we must find a scribe able to write Kannada. It restricts the number of the people who could help with such work," says Anil Kumar, a volunteer who has been seeking help on behalf of friends who are visually challenged. Earlier, it was mandatory for the scribe to be of a lower qualification than the student. However, the rules have since changed and it is now sufficient that the scribes be from a different discipline. Visually impaired students are given extra time during examinations. They sit in different rooms, so that they can dictate their answers. Ideally, the scribe should have a legible handwriting, and also be able to write quite fast. Hundreds of visually impaired students take examinations at the Bangalore University every year. Voluntary organisations have been hard-pressed to find the right people for the task, especially since the rules have now changed and the same scribe should be willing to write all examinations. The volunteers must all have an ability to read and write Kannada. So, tell us, are you going to take up this challenge, are you game?
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