Kartik, all the best for your fight. Its not just a case of one individual, there are larger questions of systemic significance. A greater struggle is the need of the hour. The legal minds involved could perhaps provide more ideas asto how to go ahead. Best,
On 4/5/13, Kartik Sawhney <sawhney.kar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Unfortunately, this judgement does not bring any relief. Consider the > following: > > 1. CBSE in its letter to the centre superintendent has requested him > to provide a "student of at least class XI studying Sciences" as per > the judgement. Now, if a student currently in class XI (who has just > been promoted to class XI on April1) is provided as a reader, he will > not be able to read out the questions to me. What I wanted was a > student of class XII (who has passed class XI in Science) to ensure > that he knows at least some of the symbols and notations on the test. > 2. According to the CBSE and IIT, the scribe/reader cannot help me > with rough work, and cannot do scratch work/intermediate work for me. > Further, no assistive tools that I use for calculations etc. can be > permitted in the examination centre. This means that the organisations > expect me to compute 16545×15241 mentally. I don't understand how they > want me to do so. They want me to solve a numerical involving ionic > equilibrium in physical Chemistry, and keep track of all the > intermediate steps. This is next to impossible. > 3. Nothing has been done about the questions involving > figures/diagrams. I gave three options to address this: > > a. Provide alternate questions in lieu of visuals > b. Provide verbal discription of the figures/diagrams involved > c. Provide exemption from the questions involving figures/diagrams > > None have been agreed to unfortunately. > > Regards, > > On 4/5/13, Mohib Anwar Rafel <mohibra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> good relief but I am in the favour that the court should decide upon >> the future of these guidelines passed by ministry. Since these >> guidelines have been passed none of the recruiting agencies who >> published their advertisements after such date have encorporated into >> their guidelines, few examples are: UPSC, U.P public service >> commission, LIC recruitment and there may be many more! >> >> On 4/5/13, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> New Delhi, Fri Apr 05 2013 >>> Providing relief to a visually challenged student scheduled to take >>> the IIT-JEE exam this year, the Delhi High Court has directed the >>> IIT-JEE examination control body to follow the guidelines issued by >>> the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and allow him to take >>> the exam with the help of a writer who has studied science at least up >>> to class XI. >>> http://www.indianexpress.com/news/allow-scribes-with-science-background-for-blind-candidates-in-iitjee-exam-he-tells-exam-body/1097927/0 >>> The directions of Justice G S Sistani came on a writ petition filed by >>> visually challenged student Kartik Sawhney. He alleged that the >>> present rules governing the IT-JEEP exam were in violation of the >>> guidelines issued by the Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of >>> Social Justice and Empowerment in February, and created several >>> barriers for disabled candidates. >>> >>> Sawhney, who has passed his Class XII examination, is scheduled to >>> take the IT-JEEP exam on April 7. >>> >>> The guidelines issued by the ministry on February 26 under the Persons >>> with Disability (equal opportunities, Protection of Rights and full >>> participation) Act state that a visually challenged person "should >>> have the discretion of opting for his own scribe/reader/ lab assistant >>> or request the examination body for the same... In such instances the >>> candidates should be allowed to meet the scribe a day before the >>> examination so that the candidate gets a chance to check and verify >>> whether the scribe is suitable or not." >>> >>> The guidelines also state that alternative questions should be >>> provided for visually and hearing impaired persons in place of those >>> questions which require a visual or descriptive input. >>> >>> The present rules, however, mandate that a person from commerce or >>> humanities background is provided as scribe by the Central >>> Superintendent of Examinations for the IT-JEEP exam. >>> >>> "It is the duty and responsibility of the state to create a >>> barrier-free environment for persons with disabilities," the court >>> said. >>> >>> The Centre and the IT-JEEP body in their reply to the petition had >>> informed the court that the examination body could not have >>> incorporated the guidelines passed by the Social Justice Ministry into >>> the rules for this year's examination since the guidelines were passed >>> on February 26. By then, the exam paper and the rules had already been >>> set. The counsel of IT-JEEP Amit Bansal told the court that the reason >>> for not allowing a scribe with a science background was to avoid >>> unfair advantage or cheating by a candidate. >>> >>> "Prima facie, there is force in the submission made by the petitioner >>> and his counsel that the blind candidate should be provided with >>> scribe/reader/lab assistant for written examinations with science >>> background as a person of commerce and humanities background will >>> either not be able to identify, read out the question properly or >>> explain the visual inputs to blind candidates," Justice Sistani said. >>> >>> The court then passed interim directions to allow Sawhney to use a >>> scribe who has studied science up to class XI and to meet the scribe >>> one hour before the exam. The court will hear the matter again on >>> April 17. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Avinash Shahi >>> MPhil Research Scholar >>> Centre for the Study of Law and Governance >>> Jawaharlal Nehru University >>> New Delhi India >>> >>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >>> of >>> mobile phones / Tabs on: >>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mohib Anwar Rafel >> Phone: 01127666896 >> Mobile: 09811767506 >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >> of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > -Kartik Sawhney, > Mob.: 91-9560953728 > Landline: 91-11-29811529 > E-mail ID: sawhney.kar...@gmail.com > Skype: kartik.sawhney22 > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > 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 > > -- Mahesh S. 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