The Mumbai High Court has stayed the GR issued by the Maharashtra State
government. Pasting the news article below.
Stay on adult writer sop for special kids
Mumbai:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Stay-on-adult-writer-sop-for-special-kids/articleshow/50568590.cms
The Bombay high court on Wednesday stayed the Maharashtra government's
resolution providing adult writers during examinations for students with
special needs.
On January 8, the state issued a government resolution changing the
concessions available for students with special needs during examination.
Among the
key changes that the state introduced were providing adult writers for
students with special needs during the board exams and extending all
provisions
to school exams from class I to IX.
Psychiatrist Harish Shetty, who is on the high court's expert panel said,
"Though we welcome the state's endeavour to improve the life of children
with
disability, the use of adult writers for all students with special needs is
a cause for concern. We pointed this out to the court on Wednesday. This
needs
to be debated with state."
The HC was hearing a suo motu public interest litigation on the issue of
difficulties faced by children with learning disability. The PIL was taken
up
after news reports last year stated that National Institute of Open
Schooling had sought to deny writers to students with LD without any notice
to parents
about a change in rules
According to new set of concessions, the students were going to be able to
avail the service of an adult writer during the class X and XII board
examination.
The writer would be provided as required and cannot be the student's parents
or family members. The writer must be approved by the school after
verification.
For school examinations, students will be able to avail of a writer, a year
younger. However, according to Dr Shetty schools and students may misuse
this
provision and use adult writers even when not necessary.
The changes in provisions were made according to the suggestions made by a
committee of experts formed under Gangadhar Mhamane, chairperson,
Maharashtra
State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.
Regards
Mr. Sameer Latey,
Mumbai, India
-----Original Message-----
From: Tanya
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Hey access Indians,
Hope you are doing great and 2016's been treating you well. I recently got
to know that Maharashtra Board for Education has relaxed the writer's
guidelines. As per the new rule, students can take any individual (not a
relative) as their writer. Please share with me the GR for the same.
Cheers!
Tanya
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