Exemptions available for persons with disabilities: CBSE Board X and XII
Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995; spastic, visually impaired candidates, physically handicapped, autistic, dyslexic and candidates with disabilities will get the following exemptions from CBSE
Central Board of Secondary Education exam 2015 is all set to get started with its board exam for class X and XII.
Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995; spastic, visually impaired candidates, physically handicapped, autistic, dyslexic and candidates with disabilities will get the following exemptions from CBSE:
At Secondary School level a candidate has an option to opt for one language and any four of the following electives.
Mathematics, Science, Social Science, another Language, Music, Painting, Home Science, Foundation of Information Technology, Commerce (Elements of Commerce) and Commerce (Elements of Book Keeping and Accountancy)
Permission to use a scribe; autistic candidates have been permitted adult prompter.
Students will get additional time:
60 minutes for a paper of 3 hours duration
40 minutes for a paper of 2 hours duration
40 minutes for a paper of 2 hours duration
30 minutes for a paper of 1 hours duration
Alternative type questions are provided in lieu of questions having visual inputs for the visually impaired candidates in English Communicative and Social Science for Class X and History, Geography, Economics and Political Science for Class XII;
For 2015 examination also like last year, separate question papers in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics for Class XII will also be provided without visual input for visually impaired candidates.
Question papers of Mathematics and Science in Braille are provided in Class X for Visually impaired candidates.
Separate question papers in enlarged print for Mathematics and Science in Class X are provided for candidates having visual impairment;
A separate column has been provided on the title page of the answer book for indicating the category of differently abled candidates so that these answer books could be segregated for sending them separately to the Regional Office of the Board.
All the best!