CBSE to let Students with Special Needs to Write Board Exams with Laptops

Students with special needs appearing forBoard examination(Class 10 & 12) will be allowed to use laptops or computer to write their board exam from this academic year. As per the reports CBSE has approved to this proposal on Tuesday.

A total of 28.24 students have registered for the board examination. There has been an increase of 2.1% in the number of students from the last academic year. In all more than 7,000 differently abled candidates have registered for the board examinations. 87,000 students are registered withCBSEfor class 12 board exam 2018 whereas there has been a drop in the number of students for class 10.

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Candidates with special needs -CSWNare required to submit acertificateissued by a registered medical practitioner, recommending the candidates for the use of a laptop/computer facility and also citing grounds and reasons for the same. However, the use of laptops/computers will be allowed only typing the answers and for listening and viewing the questions. The laptops will be carefully formatted and the students will only be allowed to use them once theCentre Superintendenthas done the inspection.

Also, the inspection committee is to make sure that the computer/laptop does not have anyinternetconnectionto order to maintain the sanctity of the board examination. The candidates will be required to make the request regarding this proposal.

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The board has also approved the provision for a reader in case the student with a disability does not want scribe facility and needs a person to read the question paper for him/her.