Visually Impaired Candidate not Allowed to
Take Help of Scribe to Take OSSC Exam
Staff
Reporter
A visually impaired candidate Sisir Kumar Mohapatro was allegedly not
allowed to use assistance of a scribe when he came to appear for the written
examination for the post of junior assistant conducted by the Odisha Staff
Selection Commission (OSSC) at a centre in Berhampur.
The activists working for
the rights of physically challenged have protested against it and have demanded
that the OSSC rectify the error by conducting special examination for the
visually impaired candidate.
This incident took place on Sunday when visually impaired Mr. Mohapatro
reached the St. Vincent Convent School centre in the city to appear for the
OSSC examination along with his scribe.
According to Mr. Mohapatro, the invigilator and the Centre
superintendent did not allow him to take help of the scribe on the plea that as
per the rules of the OSSC the candidate cannot be allowed to take help of a
scribe.
Rajnish Kumar Arya, an academician, said it was astonishing that even
after enactment of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection
of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 the physically challenged persons
were unable to utilise their rights.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/visually-impaired-candidate-not-allowed-to-take-help-of-scribe-to-take-ossc-exam/article5651553.ece
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