Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done!
Hi all, By the blessings of my parents, teachers and guru, and by my hardwork and teacher's support, I got an agrigate of 92.4 in board exams. And, I got it without using a computer! Vibhu, what do u mean by webtech topper, is it in ur school or entire Delhi? My hartiest congratulations to both Vibhu and my friend Kartik. On 5/30/13, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Well done Vibhu, your achievements are a showpiece for us. With determination and adequate support and reasonable accommodation nothing is impossible. And before my mail is labelled as only a congratulatory mail, let me add some information. Visually impaired students should take up computer science related subjects in school if they have interest. However, it is important that they are well supported and guided by the school, an NGO or an expert. At times it is necessary to work out alternative methods for accomplishing the tasks given in the syllabus. The software tools used in the school may not be accessible but the same results can be achieved with alternate tools that are accessible. As per my information CBSE purchased screen reading software and established a special examination centre for Vibhu and Kartik. They had earlier discussed with me the possibility of holding the examination in the well-equipped computer labs of an NGO. I think it would have been a good option. Nevertheless our young starts faced the challenges with courage and have come out shining. The students of NAB Delhi who are also studying through integrated system have also scored very well. Avichal is the top scorer among them with 92%. The bar is being raised by our youngsters every year. Now there is competition among the visually impaired for the best seats in colleges.smile Congrats once again to Vibhu and other students for their brilliant results. Prashant -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of vibhu sharma Sent: 30 May 2013 10:11 To: accessindia Subject: Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done! Dear All In continuation to my earlier mail, regarding my class XII examines and results, I must share with you that, in class XI, when I had to choose the five subjects that I wanted to study, I chose Multimedia and Web Technology. I faced a lot of reluctance from lot of people, because it was felt, that I would not be able to handle this subject due to the usage of software like Photoshop and Flash, and questions of screenshots. At that time, Mr. Dipendra Manocha and Mr. Prashant Verma, most determinably supported me, the two worthy members of accessindia. In fact, Mr. Dipendra Manocha constantly wrote convincing letters to explain how I could handle the subject, and Mr. Prashant Verma himself, went with me to the CBSE office to convince them to give me alternate questions in lieu of the questions that required a visual input, or to explain the screenshots in words, so that I could write the HTML, vbscript or ASP codes. I took home tuitions for this subject, and Mr. Verma met and guided him. Today, after two years of their constant support and help provided to me particularly in handeling this subject, I have emerged as a subject topper in this subject with 93%. I attribute my achievement to them, and want to thank them for their continuous support and guidance. A big thank Sirs Thanks and regards Vibhu Sharma On 5/28/13, 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
Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done!
Dear Kartik Congratulations for the bottom of my heart. Very well done dear and keep it up! P Blessings Preeti Preeti Monga Director Mobile: +91 9871701646 Landline: 011 22781446 E-mail: preeti.mo...@silver-linings.co.in Website: www.silver-linings.co.in ; www.silver-linings.org Our Services: Executive Search - Specializing in Head Hunting. Training Motivation; Stress Management; Soft Skill; Behavioral. Gifting Corporate ; Promotional; Events. End to end CSR Advisory; including demystifying workshops and counseling. Printing Solutions. Incentive Travel. We assure high quality service marked with excellence and complete customer centricity, forming Synergies as we go along. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kartik Sawhney Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:40 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done! Hi all, Rightly said by Vibhu. The CBSE did a commendable job, though I had challenges during the examination. My question papers could not be scanned because of subjects like Physics, Chemistry and mathematics, and I had to type out the question papers. There were also some glitches during the Mathematics examination. nevertheless, excellent work by the Board! I'm happy to share that I have secured an aggregate of 96%, emerging as the All India topper in the special category. This includes a 99% in Computer Science with a 99.9% percentile. Nothing wouldn't have been possible without the continued support and guidance received from my school administration, parents and teachers. Also, thanks to Prashant sir, without whose guidance nothing wouldn't have been possible. Finally, thank you all! Conversations on the list have been so inspiring and informative, and have always motivated me to go ahead, no matter what. Regards, On 5/28/13, RAMAKANT SINGH CHANDEL rschandel...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/28/13, 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 students 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 wasnt 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
Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done!
Dear All In continuation to my earlier mail, regarding my class XII examines and results, I must share with you that, in class XI, when I had to choose the five subjects that I wanted to study, I chose Multimedia and Web Technology. I faced a lot of reluctance from lot of people, because it was felt, that I would not be able to handle this subject due to the usage of software like Photoshop and Flash, and questions of screenshots. At that time, Mr. Dipendra Manocha and Mr. Prashant Verma, most determinably supported me, the two worthy members of accessindia. In fact, Mr. Dipendra Manocha constantly wrote convincing letters to explain how I could handle the subject, and Mr. Prashant Verma himself, went with me to the CBSE office to convince them to give me alternate questions in lieu of the questions that required a visual input, or to explain the screenshots in words, so that I could write the HTML, vbscript or ASP codes. I took home tuitions for this subject, and Mr. Verma met and guided him. Today, after two years of their constant support and help provided to me particularly in handeling this subject, I have emerged as a subject topper in this subject with 93%. I attribute my achievement to them, and want to thank them for their continuous support and guidance. A big thank Sirs Thanks and regards Vibhu Sharma On 5/28/13, 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
Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done!
Well done Vibhu, your achievements are a showpiece for us. With determination and adequate support and reasonable accommodation nothing is impossible. And before my mail is labelled as only a congratulatory mail, let me add some information. Visually impaired students should take up computer science related subjects in school if they have interest. However, it is important that they are well supported and guided by the school, an NGO or an expert. At times it is necessary to work out alternative methods for accomplishing the tasks given in the syllabus. The software tools used in the school may not be accessible but the same results can be achieved with alternate tools that are accessible. As per my information CBSE purchased screen reading software and established a special examination centre for Vibhu and Kartik. They had earlier discussed with me the possibility of holding the examination in the well-equipped computer labs of an NGO. I think it would have been a good option. Nevertheless our young starts faced the challenges with courage and have come out shining. The students of NAB Delhi who are also studying through integrated system have also scored very well. Avichal is the top scorer among them with 92%. The bar is being raised by our youngsters every year. Now there is competition among the visually impaired for the best seats in colleges.smile Congrats once again to Vibhu and other students for their brilliant results. Prashant -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of vibhu sharma Sent: 30 May 2013 10:11 To: accessindia Subject: Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done! Dear All In continuation to my earlier mail, regarding my class XII examines and results, I must share with you that, in class XI, when I had to choose the five subjects that I wanted to study, I chose Multimedia and Web Technology. I faced a lot of reluctance from lot of people, because it was felt, that I would not be able to handle this subject due to the usage of software like Photoshop and Flash, and questions of screenshots. At that time, Mr. Dipendra Manocha and Mr. Prashant Verma, most determinably supported me, the two worthy members of accessindia. In fact, Mr. Dipendra Manocha constantly wrote convincing letters to explain how I could handle the subject, and Mr. Prashant Verma himself, went with me to the CBSE office to convince them to give me alternate questions in lieu of the questions that required a visual input, or to explain the screenshots in words, so that I could write the HTML, vbscript or ASP codes. I took home tuitions for this subject, and Mr. Verma met and guided him. Today, after two years of their constant support and help provided to me particularly in handeling this subject, I have emerged as a subject topper in this subject with 93%. I attribute my achievement to them, and want to thank them for their continuous support and guidance. A big thank Sirs Thanks and regards Vibhu Sharma On 5/28/13, 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
Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done!
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. 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_acces sindia.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.i n 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.. Disclaimer: ** This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient/s and may contain material that
Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done!
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.comwrote: 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. 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_acces sindia.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.i n 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
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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.comwrote: 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. 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_acces sindia.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.i n Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending
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On 5/28/13, 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.. Hello Dear Vibhu! many many heartiest congratulations for this apreciatable success. I think that you will be a roll model and source of inspiration for other students. Dear Accessindians! Yesterday ABP T.V. news channel announced that Shri Diwakar Sharma, Who performed very well in national Singing programme :Little Champ: broughtcasted by Television, have also secured 91 percent marks in yesterday's CBSE Result. Shri Diwakar Sharma is also totally blind. So, Many many congratulations to him. With Regards, -- RAMAKANT SINGH CHANDEL N.T.P.C. Limited, Sipat (A Govt. Of India Maharatna Enterprise) Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) E-Mail : rschandel...@gmail.com 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
Re: [AI] Empowerment by CBSE for Visually Challenged - Effort Done!
Hi all, Rightly said by Vibhu. The CBSE did a commendable job, though I had challenges during the examination. My question papers could not be scanned because of subjects like Physics, Chemistry and mathematics, and I had to type out the question papers. There were also some glitches during the Mathematics examination. nevertheless, excellent work by the Board! I'm happy to share that I have secured an aggregate of 96%, emerging as the All India topper in the special category. This includes a 99% in Computer Science with a 99.9% percentile. Nothing wouldn't have been possible without the continued support and guidance received from my school administration, parents and teachers. Also, thanks to Prashant sir, without whose guidance nothing wouldn't have been possible. Finally, thank you all! Conversations on the list have been so inspiring and informative, and have always motivated me to go ahead, no matter what. Regards, On 5/28/13, RAMAKANT SINGH CHANDEL rschandel...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/28/13, 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
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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
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Dear Kartik, tons of congrats for your great success and achievement . You have become path breaker for other students who aspire to study maths and science. All the best for next venture in life regards, shabina bano Score foundation On 28 May 2013 15:39, Kartik Sawhney sawhney.kar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Rightly said by Vibhu. The CBSE did a commendable job, though I had challenges during the examination. My question papers could not be scanned because of subjects like Physics, Chemistry and mathematics, and I had to type out the question papers. There were also some glitches during the Mathematics examination. nevertheless, excellent work by the Board! I'm happy to share that I have secured an aggregate of 96%, emerging as the All India topper in the special category. This includes a 99% in Computer Science with a 99.9% percentile. Nothing wouldn't have been possible without the continued support and guidance received from my school administration, parents and teachers. Also, thanks to Prashant sir, without whose guidance nothing wouldn't have been possible. Finally, thank you all! Conversations on the list have been so inspiring and informative, and have always motivated me to go ahead, no matter what. Regards, On 5/28/13, RAMAKANT SINGH CHANDEL rschandel...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/28/13, 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
