Hi Pranav, You said 8. In the Delhi University, before I could take an exam, I had to be tested to ensure that I was still blind. My blindness is unchanging. Once tested, the condition will not change. I was tested every year though. This is a pain. The policy must stop this repeated testing. Dinesh: I faced the same issue, but this was a mistake, there is a notification which specifies that for permanent disability medical certificate is enough, but I don't have the notification with me now.
Regards Dinesh Kaushal blog at dineshkaushal.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:45 PM To: 'pamnani'; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Draft policy for exams urgent Kanchan, 1. Why specify the software that is to be used? A person could be comfortable in writing an exam even in an application like Open office. 2. Why copy and paste from Pagemaker? This could create a problem with tables. Ideally, question papers should be Microsoft Office documents such that the text is in word and data relating to accounts problems etc should be in Excel. Assuming this is not possible then just ask for Word files without specifying the conversion. 3. <snip a. In case the candidate avails the services of his/her own scribe/writer, the scribe/writer should be one grade junior in academic qualification than the candidate if from the same stream. However, this condition shall not apply if the scribe/writer is from a different stream. PL] Why should this guideline be present at all? Detecting cheeting is the authority's responsibility. b. For competitive examinations the scribe needs to be one level below the eligibility criteria of the competitive exam in consideration. PL] Why? See the logic in the above point. Another thing with a computer, it should be of a configuration greater than what is the minimum required to support the screen reader. This is necessary since the student will be running other software as well so system resources must be sufficient to run the operating system, the screen reader and other software concurrently. 4. It is good to have a UPS at the center but you need to specify that the computer on which the student is writing must be connected to this UPS. Plus, the UPS must be tested to ensure that it is providing backup. 5. A student should be given extra time if the technology fails. 6. If the authority is providing a scribe, the candidate must have a provision to meet the scribe a day before the exam. This would ensure that the 2 get comfortable with one another. It would also give the candidate a chance to check whether the scribe is suitable. 7. As regards the extra time, make it 30 minutes for every hour. 8. In the Delhi University, before I could take an exam, I had to be tested to ensure that I was still blind. My blindness is unchanging. Once tested, the condition will not change. I was tested every year though. This is a pain. The policy must stop this repeated testing. Pranav 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 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
