Science subjects at the Senior School Certificate Examinations for Visually Impaired Candidates

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been receiving, time and again, request for providing alternate questions in Science subjects at the Senior School Certificate Examination for blind candidates. In order to facilitate visually impaired candidates to take Science subjects at the Senior Secondary level, the CBSE Board decided to get the question papers in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology set separately without having any visual input w.e.f. 2011 examination. Since, the subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology also contain practical component which the visually impaired students will not be able to attempt, CBSE has decided to provide separate question papers in lieu of Practicals to visually impaired students, containing Multiple Choice Questions, based on the Practical content. This new scheme will be implemented for students of Class XI from 2012, March examination and for students of Class XII from 2013 CBSE Board examination.