Hi all, Just learnt from Subhash Vashishth that today he has got favourable order in this matter from the Chief Justice of Delhi high court. The exams for many students are starting tomorrow.
Subhash is waiting to receive the copy of the order, and will circulate as he gets it. In the meantime he asked to share the following points: The court ordered the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to withdraw the 3 conditions - namely the writer cannot be above age 20, the writer not to be a relative, and same writer to write all the papers. The court has also ordered them to put up the changed rules on their website by tonight, and to get it published in all national dailies circulated tomorrow morning. Do forward this news as wide as possible to reach all students and other interested people. Kudos to Subhash, and to those students who took the matter to him! thanks, Pranay Gadodia | Programme Manager Project Eyeway - A knowledge resource for living a fuller life with vision loss C/o Score Foundation, 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:+91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 26472582/81 Email: helpd...@eyeway.org Website: www.eyeway.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Eyeway Helpdesk To: vip-comme...@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 6:25 PM Subject: [VIP-Comm:800] Fw: [AI] Differently abled CA aspirants oppose new scribe guidelines ----- Original Message ----- From: "SC Vashishth" <subhashvashis...@gmail.com> To: "Adv Subhash Chandra Vashishth" <subhashcvashis...@gmail.com>; "AI List" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 10:51 AM Subject: [AI] Differently abled CA aspirants oppose new scribe guidelines *Differently abled CA aspirants oppose new guidelines Ananya Panda Tribune News Service* New Delhi, April 29 Differently abled Chartered Accountancy aspirants, who will take the May 3 exam to be conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), were taken aback by seeing the three-page document titled “Guidelines and procedure to be followed regarding granting of writer/ extra time to the differently abled candidates” received just days before the exams along with the admit cards. It was a set of revised guidelines on scribes for candidates with disabilities, none of which are mentioned in the exhaustive section detailing about the instructions to examinees on the website of the ICAI, a statutory government body. The said document, effective from May 2012 exams, was the result of ICAI’s executive committee meeting held on January 18 and adopted by its examination committee. Yet the country’s national accounting body chose to remain silent that has left the section of persons with disabilities, including those with no vision, blindness, neurological impairment, loss of limb or temporary impairment, helpless. Those with hearing loss are not covered. The recently issued guidelines in question are: the writer should not be above 20 years of age as on the date of exam; the writer should be the same person for all the papers of an examination; no request for change of writer shall be permitted; and the writer should not be a relative of the candidate. Affected candidates maintained that the guidelines are illogical, arbitrary and work against the spirit of The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, and the step is open discrimination and discouragement for differently abled aspirants to enrol for the course. The objectionable guidelines have put the fate of nearly 300 examinees in dark, who have expressed inability in finding writers qualifying under the new rules owing to exam days. “The instructions on the institute’s website are silent on the conditions that are put forth. These instructions are unreasonable and discriminatory against differently abled persons and defy the objective and mandate of the Disabilities Act. The differently abled students are in shock, but are unwilling to speak up in fear of backlash,” said disability rights activist Subhash Chandra Vashishth, who has taken up the matter with the Chief Commissioner - Disabilities after the students approached him. The national accounting body was not keen on listening to the disabled section’s concerns and told them to drop the year if they fail to meet the fresh set of criteria. *Not in right spirit* - Affected candidates say the guidelines are illogical, arbitrary and work against the spirit of The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 - They allege the step is open discrimination and discouragement for differently abled aspirants to enrol for the course http://epaper.tribuneindia.com/c/151167 -- Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPs in Commerce" group. 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