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Guidelines for providing various concessions/facilities including scribes to persons with disabilities while conducting examination for their recruitment against 3% quota and issuing of PhysicallyHandicapped Certificate.
· 2007-09-17
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| File number | E(NG)II/2006/RC-2/13 |
|---|---|
| Date | 2007-09-17 |
| Type | Railway Board Establishment Circular / Letter |
| Topic | staff-establishment |
| Directorate | Establishment |
| Official source | indianrailways.gov.in |
Summary
Guidelines for providing various concessions/facilities including scribes to persons with disabilities while conducting examination for their recruitment against 3% quota and issuing of Physically Handicapped Certificate (e) Candidates availing the assistance of a Scribe shall be eligible for
Text of the circular
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. E(NG)II/2006/RC-2/13 New Delhi, dated 17.9.2007 The General Manager(P), All Indian Railways/PUs, Chairman, All Railway Recruitment Boards. Sub: Guidelines for providing various concessions/facilities including scribes to persons with disabilities while conducting examination for their recruitment against 3% quota and issuing of Physically Handicapped Certificate. **** Instructions contained in this Ministry’s letter No. E(NG)II-2006/RC-2/11 dated 21.6.2007 stipulate that Direct Recruitment to Group ‘C’ and Group ‘D’ posts from the Open Market against 3% posts reserved for Physically Handicapped (PH) will be done by Railway Recruitment Boards and Zonal Railway Recruitment Cells respectively through a common examination held for filling up reserved as well as unreserved vacancies. In the workshop held on 25.6.2007 in Railway Board, the issues relating to recruitment against such quota including provision of SCRIBEs and other facilities to physically handicapped candidates appearing in such examinations were deliberated upon. 2. Pursuant to discussion in the workshop Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) have considered the matter further and decided the following: (i) Examination centers for Physically Handicapped candidates be chosen and designated in such a way that they are disabled friendly having the facilities of ramp etc. Seating arrangement for Physically Handicapped candidates in general and for Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates in particular may preferably be made on the ground floor of such centers. Besides, seating arrangement for VH candidate may be made in such a way that only five or six candidates in a room i.e. one candidate in each corner and one or two in the center of the room, can be accommodated. -2- (ii) Visually impaired Candidates/those candidates whose writing speed is affected by Cerebral palsy can avail the assistance of Scribe for writing answers on their behalf. For this purpose they will have to suitably inform the recruiting agency in advance as per (d) below. In all such cases engagement of Scribes will be subject to the following conditions: (a) The candidates will have to arrange their own Scribes at their own cost during the examination. Separate Admit Cards be issued to the Scribes accompanying the visually handicapped candidates. Admit card should contain the particulars and photograph of the Scribe duly signed by him/her. The invigilators on duty will verify the identity of Scribe with photo & particulars printed on Admit card issued to Scribe. (b) The academic qualification of the SCRIBE should be one grade below the qualification prescribed for the post for which recruitment is being made. (c) The SCRIBE can be from any academic discipline if the recruitment is for general post. If the recruitment is for a specialist post, he/she should be from a discipline different from that of the candidate. He/she should not have secured more than 60% marks in the qualification mentioned at (b) above. (d) The candidates as well as the Scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking (enclosed Proforma as annexure-I) confirming that the Scribe fulfills all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a Scribe as mentioned above. In case it transpires later that he/she did not fulfill any of the laid down eligibility criteria or there has been suppression of material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled irrespective of the result of the examination. The Visually Handicapped candidate shall be responsible for any misconduct on the part of scribe brought by him/her. The undertaking, as given in the enclosed proforma at annexure-I, should be submitted by the Visually Handicapped candidate alongwith his/her application form. (e) Candidates availing the assistance of a Scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination. 2.1 The VH candidates opting to avail the assistance
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