Hello.
Thank you for your wishes. of congratulations.
Regards.
Aarthi.
On 8/5/11, m.chandrashekar <chandru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> my hearty congratulation for your effort and achievement. where there is a
> will, there is way. I wish you all the best. instead of fighting for scribe
> eligibility, we have to write exams independently with the help of screan
> reader.
> with best regards
> m.chandru
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aarthi Burthony" <aburtony...@gmail.com>
> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 4:30 PM
> Subject: [AI] Aarthi From Mauritius.
>
>
>> Dear Accessindians,
>>
>> I hope that everyone of you is just fine. I am Aarthi from Mauritius
>> and I am sharing my experience which carries a good news for the
>> Mauritian blind community with you all.
>>
>> In Mauritius it is the Public Service Commission {commonly known as
>> the PSC} which recruits for the Government. I had applied at the PSC
>> for the post of Assistant Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office on
>> 5th April 2011. On the PSC application form it is not asked if
>> applicant is disabled or not. Thus, one cannot reveal one's
>> disability. As a blind person I filled in the PSC application form. On
>> the PSC application form it has been mentioned that the selected
>> elgible candidates would be called upon for a written examination.
>>
>> On 4 July 2011 I received a written correspondance from the PSC
>> informing me that I have been selected for the written examination
>> which is to take place on 15 July 2011. The next day, 5 July I phoned
>> at the PSC for inquiring about what to do now that I have been
>> selected for the written examination and that the PSC do not know of
>> my disability as the PSC application form does not allow our
>> disability to be officialy revealed. The lady who answered my phone
>> call told me that I should have annexed on the application form that I
>> am blind. I retorted to her that having in mind to follow the ordinary
>> procedure I did not annex any unasked matter as otherwise my
>> application form would have been disregarded. She finally asked me to
>> address a letter to the Secretary of the PSC to inform him of the
>> present subject matter.
>>
>> I wrote a letter the same day to the Secretary of the PSC. I faxed a
>> copy of this letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
>> Social Security. In my letter to the Secretary of the PSC I had
>> inquired about if any blind candidate had ever taken part in the
>> written examination of the PSC. The Ministry of Social Security has
>> been dealing with the PSC on this matter. On Monday 11 July the Head
>> of the Disability Unit, a Disability Officer and myself had had a
>> meeting at the PSC. At the end of the meeting it has been agreed upon
>> that I would have access to my written examination in accessible
>> format as a blind candidate. I had taken part in this written
>> examination of the PSC on 16 July with my lap top with the use of the
>> Jaws. I had had 1 hour extra time. I had been allowed to use my
>> talking calculator. My question paper had been placed on a pen drive
>> and the Jaws read it to me. I opened a word document and wrote in the
>> answers to all the questions. I answered to all the questions. I
>> managed to finish just in time.
>>
>> I am the first blind person having had sat for a written examination
>> of the PSC. the day following my examination on 17 July the Minister
>> of Social Security has anounced on the readio news headline that from
>> now on the PSC must ammend its procedures so as to allow blind persons
>> to take part in these examination for blind persons to be employed by
>> the Government.
>>
>> The PSC and the Disability of the Ministry of Social Security do not
>> have any Jaws software. Fortunately I have my Jaws 11.0 that the
>> Service Civil International {SCI} gave me on my lap top. I had had IT
>> courses from the National Computer Board and I know how to type
>> rapidly as a blind person.
>>
>> It is the first time that I had had a written examination on computer
>> with Jaws. In the past for secondary and tertiary studies I had had
>> recourse to the Braille system for all written examinations. I was
>> having my questions in Braille and I was answering in Braille. But the
>> PSC do not have any Braille literate examinator and this mode of
>> Braille system is not suitable. The medium of reader and writer is not
>> convenient also when the question paper carries comprehension more
>> than 500 words. This is why I opted for the use of computer.
>>
>> So now, this is done: blind persons who are computer literate with the
>> Jaws may have full access to the written examination of the PSC.
>>
>> After the corrections of the answer sheets, there will be a selection
>> of the candidates who will be called upon for oral interviews and
>> after these interviews the right person will be awarded the post. If I
>> receive some news I will definitely let you know
>>
>> I thereby seize this occasion to thank Harish Kotian for his advices
>> and support while I was dealing with the authorities to have access to
>> my written examination in the best conditions
>>
>> Aarthi.. .
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