The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) is going to introduce question papers in Braille for the visually impaired students appearing in this year’s High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination starting from February 14, reports The Assam Tribune.
The report stated that SEBA would start the process with general science question paper for the first time this year, followed by general mathematics in a phased manner.
The Board would soon send the Braille printed question papers to the five examination centres, where the visually impaired candidates would appear for their HSLC examination.
The step has been taken keeping in mind the inconvenience faced by the visually impaired students appearing for their examination, who take the help of scribes to write their papers.
The students, however, would also have their usual question papers apart from the Braille papers. This year, a total of 13 visually impaired candidates are appearing for the HSLC exams.
The report quoted SEBA Controller of Examination Nayan Jyoti Sarma as saying that, the board does not intend to make any ‘sudden changes’ by replacing the normal question papers with Braille ones.
He was quoted as saying that the new system has been introduced for the added convenience of the candidates.
Other facilities like IX standard scribes to help them write an additional one-hour timing apart from the usual three-hours would also remain intact, he was quoted as saying.