before Giving test exam on Computer, visually impaired must trained how to type the answer and read the questions. I heard that for Online Exams also, Visually impaired has to go with Writer to type on Exam. Keep CCTV on exam hall so that, every Problem will solve.
On 3/16/15, bala9119 <bala9...@gmail.com> wrote: > They say experience is the best teacher. And two experiences then are > better teachers, I guess. So here are two such experiences that gave > me two entirely different perspectives, yet zeroing down to perhaps > just one conclusion. The Staff Selection Commission conducts > examinations for graduates and post graduates for various government > posts, apart from UPSC and DSSSB. Examinations for the posts that can > be taken up by Visually Impaired Students have the provision of > Scribes to make the examination smooth and accessible to the students. > Keeping aside the whole debatable concept of "posts that can be taken > up by the Visually Impaired", here I am going to discuss two such > instances when I became a Scribe for a few Visually Impaired persons > appearing for the SSC Examinations. > > > > During my first attempt at writing the paper for a visually impaired > person, I went through three hours of emotional blackmailing by the > candidate trying to cajole me into filling up the answers for him > through my knowledge. I was caught in an ugly position where in the > name of philanthropy I was actually cheating with the consent of the > system! There are mathematical questions that a student with visual > impairment has to answer which perhaps cannot be solved without using > aids such as an Abacus or a Calculator. Having been accustomed to > using the Abacus, two of the candidates I wrote the exam for found it > difficult to calculate on their fingertips. > > Further, repeating the questions thrice and asking them to repeat > their choice of answers umpteen times leads to wasteful use of time. > In that sense, even the provision of extra time of 20-40 minutes for > the visually impaired students is sometimes not enough and sometimes > not legitimate. If the scribe is honestly not doing the candidate's > paper then the former applies and if the scribe is "helping" the > candidate with his answers then the latter. > > To err is human. And having to bear the brunt of someone else's > mistake in something that perhaps decides your mode of earning a > livelihood is exploitative. The visually impaired student places a lot > of trust in the scribe who is marking his/her answers and is perhaps > never going to be able to find out what went wrong if his scribes just > could not answer the same way the candidate wants him/her to. Who is > to blame? > > The second experience pointed to the inefficiency of the examination > system further. The scribes are paid a remuneration of Rs. 500 by the > Government for being present at the examination centre during all the > shifts in which the exams are conducted on a single day. Whether a > scribe actually writes an exam for a candidate or not is not the > concern. So technically, you can just plan a get together with your > friends one pleasant Sunday afternoon, decide to mark your attendance > as a scribe during the morning and afternoon sessions and get paid for > just two signatures and catching up with your friends. And that is > exactly what I saw a group of people doing there who were selected as > scribes without any preliminary screening apart from meeting the > minimum requirement of being a class 12 graduate. > > What happens on rainy days when the candidates do not appear for the > examination but the scribes do? The government pays a handsome amount > to people for no work done by them. One such rainy day was the second > time I decided to write the examination for a visually impaired, when > most candidates missed their exam owing to the rain. > > There is no denying that the government spends money in trying to make > the exams more accessible to candidates with special needs. How much > of this expenditure actually benefits them is the question. It would > perhaps do some good if the government spent the same amount of money > in providing the candidates with computers that would read out the > question papers to the candidates who can then mark the answers with > their own hand. Various countries like Spain actually use such an > approach towards examinations. > > Providing reservations to candidates with special needs is not the > solution. Giving them equal opportunity to perform to the best of > their capability is what is needed. In the words of an invigilator at > the SSC examination, "Getting jobs through the 3% reservation for > people with disabilities might succeed at giving them a livelihood, > but they are sometimes more a liability to the government offices than > assets". > > There is no denying that every person has the capability to perform > like any other. All that we need is an equal opportunity to do that, > which the current examination structure does not succeed in providing. > Directing the expenditure towards the development of better > infrastructure would perhaps be a more intelligent choice than just > spending it because you believe you have so much of it! > > Source: > http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2011/08/two-better-than-one-being-a-scribe-for-a-visually-impaired-in-an-exam/ > -- > "It doesn't matter what we have, but it really matters what we do with > what we have." > > With Sincere Regards > > Balanagendran. D > IAS Aspirant > Skype: balanagendran > Twitter: > http://twitter.com/balanagendran89 > > > > 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. 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