Concession give to the Physically Challenged candidates by the CBSE Board

The CBSE Board has been receiving queries from various CBSE affiliated schools regarding the concessions given to Physically challenged candidates appearing for the Senior School Certificates (Class XII) and Secondary School (Class X) Examinations of the CBSE Board. In this connection. it is clarified that the following concessions are admissible to the Physically Challenged Candidate:

1. Exemption from studying third language up to middle school level (i.e. Class VIII).

2. Permission to use an amanuensis.

3. The amanuensis should be a student of class lower than the one for which the candidate will be taking the examination.

4. The Centre Superintendent of the Examination Centre shall choose a suitable amanuensis and forward higher particulars to the Regional Officer concerned for consideration and approval.

5. The candidate shall pay the fee as prescribed for use of the amanuensis. However. the Blind, Physically Handicapped or Spastic Candidate should be provided services of an amanuensis free of cost.

6. The amanuensis shall be paid remuneration as prescribed from time to time by the CBSE Board.

7. The candidate may be permitted to use the services an amanuensis in all or any of the papers.

8. The candidate may be permitted to draw the diagrams etc. themselves. if desired by them.

9. Additional time of 60 minutes (1 hour) in each paper.

10. The Centre Superintendent shall make the sitting arrangernents for the dyslexic, blind, physically handicapped and spastic candidates on the ground floor, as far as possible.

11.Altemative type questions are provided in lieu of questions having visual inputs for the blind candidates in English Communicative and Social Science for Class X and History Geography and Economics for Class XII.

12. Separate question papers in enlarged print for Mathematics and Science & Technology in Class X are provided for candidates having visual impairment.

13. The Centre Superintendent(s) are directed to send the answer books of special category students in separate covers to the Regional Office concerned.

14. To facilitate easy access, a few selected schools are made examination centres for special students.

15. Blind candidates from Delhi have the facility to use computer or a typewriter for writing answers.

16. Teachers from blind schools are appointed as Assistant Superintendent(s) (lnvigilators) at the special examination centres. However, precaution be taken to appoint different subject teachers on different days.

17. A separate column has been provided on the title page of the answer book for indicating the category of physically challenged candidates so that these answer books could be segregated for sending them separately to the Regional Office of the CBSE Board.

18. The candidate may be permitted to draw the diagrams etc. themselves;

19. It is not mandatory for the candidates to do the calculations themselves. However, at Secondary School level a candidate as an option to opt for one language and any four of the following electives.

Mathematics, Science and Technolory, Social Science, Another language, Music, Painting, Home Science and Introductory Information Technology.

You are aware that CBSE has been constantly focusing on a system wherein the strengths of a child are recognized and enhanced rather than his weaknesses. It is also a matter of joy that many of the schools are doing wonderful things in the field of inchusive education and encouraging children by extending all possible support in terms of special physical infrastructure in the sehools and also classroom instructions. The CBSE Board, therefore, would like to reiterate that the concessions offered by the CBSE Board to the physically challenged students be also extended by the schools during their internal assessment at the school level to further strengthen inclusion of physically challenged students into the main steam.