Dear Vibhu Tons of congrats for your great success from score foundation.And all the very best for your bright future.
Regards, Shabina Bano Score foundation On 28 May 2013 12:47, vibhu sharma <vibhusharm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. Sharma the Controller of Examination, > CBSE, and the members of the committee that was formed to resolve > this. > > Thanks and regards > Vibhu Sharma > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Best regards, Shabina Bano Research and Communication Officer Score Foundation 17/107, Lower ground floor Vikram Vihar, Lajpat Nagar-4 Tel:011-26472582, website: www.eyeway.org 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 Disclaimer: 1. 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