congrat Vibhu and Kartik. Please, carry on with good work.
On 5/28/13, Milind Joshi <miljo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bravo Vibhu, > Its really a great achievement. Congrats. > Regards. > Milind Joshi. > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Nikita Vaid > <nikita.v...@bankofbaroda.com>wrote: > >> Great effort and also a great move. >> It's very pleasant to here about the achievements of our young friends >> like Vibhu and Kartik. congrats to both and all the best. >> I can only say that, this kind of remarkable achievements can only >> inspire people with or without impairments to hope and do good in life >> and most importantly believe that nothing can stop you if you are >> determined. >> >> >> >> Thanks and warm Regards, >> Nikita V. Raut, >> Senior Manager [HR] >> Baroda Corporate Center, Bank of Baroda, >> C- 26, G - block, Bandra Kurla Complex, >> Bandra [E], Mumbai- 400051. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On >> Behalf Of vibhu sharma >> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:47 PM >> To: accessindia >> Subject: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done! >> >> Dear All >> >> Greetings! >> >> In March this year, I appeared for CBSE Class XII exams. The results >> were declared yesterday. I have been a student of Delhi Public School, >> Rohini. >> >> I am glad to share with you all, that with the grace of god, and >> never-ending support of my parents and teachers, along with the school >> principal, Ms. Rita Sen, I got an aggregate of 90%. While my subjects >> were English, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, and Multimedia >> and Web Technology, I stand a subject topper in Multimedia and Web >> Technology with a percentile of 93%. >> >> In fact, I was the first visually challenged student to have written >> my Class XII Board exams on the computer with the help of JAWS along >> with my Question Paper provided to me on computer itself in accessible >> format such as Microsoft Word. >> >> As if now, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), allowed >> the visually challenged students to write their answers on the >> computer, but the Question Paper was read out to them by someone else. >> Once, I started using computer with the help of Screen Reading >> technology, I always felt more independent, and I felt that if someone >> else read out my Question Paper to me, it restricted my freedom to >> move through my Question Paper independently. So, I put this forth to >> my school principal, who diligently helped me to pursue it with the >> board. >> >> So, the computer that was provided to me, was loaded with JAWS. A CBSE >> personnel was present at the center as well. The Question Paper was >> scanned, edited and then given to me after which, I was given the time >> to answer my paper. In fact, it is noteworthy, that all the time, that >> went into scanning and editing, was not deducted out of the student's >> time to answer the paper. The students, who gave their exams under >> this provision were given 15 minutes to read the Question Paper, three >> hours to answer it, under the board examination scheme, and an >> additional hour given to persons with disability. >> >> While it is a dream come true for all of us, it is my pleasure, as >> well as a responsibility to share with you that my school Principal, >> had helped me pursue it with the board. Naturally, it wasn't an easy >> task, but for more than a year, my school Principal, Special Educator, >> and my parents along with me, had been pursuing this with the board >> and finally we have been successful. >> >> In fact, I had to go to the CBSE office several times, to give them a >> demo of how I used computer, to explain them why I wanted it, and how >> it made persons who are visually challenged independent. Of course, >> there were >> disappointments, worries, but we never gave up, and finally, just 2 >> days before the Board Exams, the CBSE took a giant step in the >> empowerment of the visually challenged individuals by allowing all >> visually challenged students to use computer with JAWS, a major policy >> change! Giving the visually challenged students their right to answer >> their papers independently! >> >> I hereby acknowledge and thank my school principal, Mr. Vaneet Joshi, >> the chairman CBSE, Mr. M. C. 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