CBSE Board Exams Class 10 & Class 12, 2017 Important Instructions Released Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

CBSE Board Exams Class 10 & Class 12, 2017
Important Instructions Released
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has published the instructions for the candidates who are appearing for Class 10 and Class 12 exam.

Instructions/exemptions/concessions extended by the board during Secondary (Class 10) and Senior School Certificate (Class 12) examinations for Differently Abled candidates:

Medical certificate: The medical certificate issued by the following agencies / organisations will be considered for granting concessions to Differently abled candidates:

• Disability Certificate(s) issued by government hospitals controlled by either the central or state governments;
• Disability Certificate(s) issued by recognised institutes of national level viz National Association for the Blind, Spastic Society of India etc; and
• Disability Certificate(s) issued by non-governmental organisations/practitioners registered with rehabilitation council of India/central government/state government of the respective state.

Scribe and compensatory time:

Spastic, visually impaired, physically handicapped, dyslexic, autistic and candidates with disabilities as defined in The Rights Of Persons With Disbailities Act 2016 are permitted to use a scribe or allowed compensatory time as given below or both:

• For paper of 3 hours duration: 60 minutes
• For paper of 2½ hours duration: 50 minutes
• For paper of 2 hours duration: 40 minutes
• For paper of 1½ hours duration 30 minutes

Autistic candidate is permitted to use the services of a scribe or an Adult prompter.

Appointment of Scribe and related instruction:

• A person to be appointed as a scribe should not have obtained his/her qualifications in the same subject (s) in which the candidate shall be appearing for the examination
• Candidate shall have the discretion of opting for his own scribe and shall have the flexibility in accommodating change in the post in case of emergency
• Candidates shall also have the option of meeting the scribe a day before the examination
• Centre superintendent of the examination centre concerned shall forward to the concerned regional officer of the board, a report giving full particulars of the candidate and of the scribe
• Suitable room shall be arranged for the candidate for whom a scribe is allowed and a separate assistant superintendent shall be appointed by the centre superintendent to supervise his/her examination
• Services of scribe shall be provided free of cost
• The scribe shall be paid by the Board remuneration as prescribed from time-to-time.

Other general instructions/facilities:

• To facilitate easy access, a few selected schools are made examination centers for special students
• Teachers from schools for visually impaired are appointed as assistant superintendent(s) (invigilators) at the special examination centers. However, precaution is taken to appoint different subject teachers on different days
• Answer books of differently abled candidates are sent separately by the centre superintendents
• Visually impaired candidates are permitted to use the screen reading software (like JAWS- Job Access with Speech) with prior approval of the board. They also have the facility to use a computer or a typewriter for writing answers
• Use of calculator is not permitted in any of the examinations conducted by the board.

CGPA calculation:

• CGPA of candidates with disabilities as defined in The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Act 2016 be calculated out of five subjects only, even if offering a NSQF subject under compulsory group.

Fee:

• Registration and examination fee (9,10,11,12) will not be charged from visually impaired students.

For any other query, the candidates can visit the official website, cbse.nic.in.

CBSE Board Specific / Exemptions for Class 10 and Class 12 Exam 2017

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