Class 10, 12 students with special needs availing scribe facility can skip pending board exams: CBSE

Children with special needs availing facility of scribe can choose t to appear for pending class 10 and 12 board exams as it will be difficult to comply with social distancing rms and ir result will be declared as per an alternative assessment scheme, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said.

exams which were postponed in view of COVID-19 lockdown will w be conducted from July 1 to 15. "In case children with special needs availing facility of scribe do t wish to appear in forthcoming examination because of ncompliance of social distancing rms, students can inform ir respective schools and ir result will be declared as per assessment scheme to be decided by board," a senior board official said.

board grants several exemptions to children with special needs in accordance with Rights of Persons with Disabilities Ac, 2016. "In addition to extra time, scribe or reader, computer or laptop (without internet), from this year we had also allowed use of basic calculators for candidates registered under CWSN category," official added.

total number of candidates under Children With Special Needs (CWSN) categories including visually impaired, dyslexics, muscular dystrophy, spastics, locomotor impairment, dwarfism and ors, are 6,844 for class 10 and 3,718 for class 12.

While Class 12 exams will be conducted across country, Class 10 exams are only pending in rth East Delhi. exams could t be conducted in national capital's district due to law and order situation in wake of protests against amended citizenship law.

Universities and schools across country have been closed since March 16, when Centre anunced a countrywide classroom shutdown as part of a slew of measures to contain COVID-19 outbreak.

A 21-day nationwide lockdown was anunced on March 24, which came into effect next day.

board had anunced in April that it will only conduct pending exams in 29 subjects, which are crucial for promotion and admission to higher educational institutions.

CBSE has also decided that pending exams will be conducted in foreign countries. board is yet to anunce an assessment scheme for exams that are t being conducted for foreign students and children with special needs.