Don't worry. I have your number now -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kartik Sawhney Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:34 PM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Good news for blind engineering aspirants-changes in JEE Main guidelines
Hi all, It gives me immense pleasure to share with you that CBSE has amended its rule for Joint Entrance Examination (main), the entrance examination for most of the tech schools in the country (also a qualifying exam for the IITs). Until last year, the Board allowed a non-Science scribe (from Commerce (without Mathematics) or Humanities) stream, and that too from class XI (two years junior to the candidate). this had several issues, most notably that the scribe will not be familiar with the technical symbols on the test, and hence will not be able to convey those to the candidate. According to the information brochure for JEE Main 2014, there is no eligibility criteria for a scribe. Moreover, the candidate can opt to bring his/her own scribe. In case the candidate opts to use a scribe provided by the centre superintendent of the test centre, the superintendent needs to ensure that both the scribe and the candidate meet at least an hour before the examination to get comfortable with each other. Unfortunately, nothing has been done to make the diagrams on the test accessible. Further, JEE Advanced (the entrance exam for IITs), allows a Science student as a scribe, but from class XI. It also does not allow the candidate to brin his/her own scribe. Despite all of this, I feel we are close. I would urge the organisations working for the blind to take this forward, and help future Science aspirants get the benefits of the elite education imparted at these institutes. The information brochures for both the exams are located on their respective websites at http://jeemain.nic.in and http://jeeadv.iitd.ac.in. Best, -- -Kartik Sawhney, Cell: +1-(650) 492-3220 E-mail ID: sawhney.kar...@gmail.com (all personal E-mails); karti...@stanford.edu (all academic E-mails) 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_accessind ia.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.. 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..
