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Friday, June 20, 2014

Rail ka Safar hoga Suffer

Railway passenger fare increased by 14.2 per cent with effect from today; freight charges increased by 6.5 per cent... 

With immediate effect.. very good.

Few questions that we all should ask..
1. Why not do away with free railway passes to all politicians because they too are Govt. servants and they are getting big salaries and can pay for themselves?
2. Why not get cracking on the Black Money Modiji. Bada mudda toh wahi tha na..??
3. Why not think about generating revenue in Railways by ads on the panels near the doors?
4. Why not think about saving money by giving a rationed quota of fuel and electricity to every one in the powerful positions?  Not an unlimited supply.
5. Why not reduce foreign trips of politicians? 
6. Why not stop loot by the catering contractors in the trains?

We are still waiting for mind-blowing governance ideas. And of course for the Black Money.  Lets get real. Increasing railway fares is nothing new....

रेल किराये फिर बढ़े ।  गाज़ 'गरीब' आदमी पर ही क्यों गिरती है? राजधानी और दुरंतो ट्रेनों का भारी भरकम भाड़ा देकर भी गंदे बिस्तर मिलतें हैं। खाने में भी कटौती हो गई है। और तो और इस घटिया सर्विस के लिए टिप भी देनी  पड़ती है। :) कोई न दे तो उसको खाने दौड़ते हैं। रेल मंत्री को कहिये हवाई जहाजों की बजाये ट्रेनों में सफ़र करें बहुत कुछ सीखने को मिलेगा। शायद एक आम भारतीय की ज़िन्दगी का सफ़र कुछ बेहतर हो सके।

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Learning Disabilities or Dyslexic by choice..for the board exams?

READ IT FIRST HERE>>> IN MY BLOG>>> BOARD EXAMS OR BORED EXAMS..

Yesterday the SSC board results were out. Met someone from a SOBO school who had appeared for these exams and secured over 80% marks. Interestingly this student has availed certain wavers and concessions as he is a dyslexic. What is truly interesting is that there are 30% students in his class who have got similar exemptions under learning disabilities. This is the case in one school. In South Bombay, the doctors at Nair hospital and KEM hospital issue a certificate for such children. There is supposed to be a procedure and it takes about some time for parents n children to ascertain any such disability.

Some parents try and help their children by managing a LD certificate so that their child who is otherwise normal gets certain concessions and scores better. It will very interesting study to know how many students appeared with learning disability in the current year? And why is the number on the rise? Why students and parents recognize learning disabilities in the pre-board or board years only? There could be fake cases as well. There are many factors contributing to this occurrence.

What could have been started as a genuine project is being exploited by people who should not be availing such concessions. The doctors' integrity and professionalism in certifying theses students too is questionable. The genuine cases too may loose their credibility. I hope we aren't spreading and creating an ALL NEW DISABILITY... Disability to face board examination.

Is this provision being exploited, this must be examined. Or we will either have a rise in the number of dyslexics or morally corrupt GEN Z..

Here's what LD certificate provisions mean...Have I look at this to know what is being said..

http://www.mdamumbai.com/exam-provision.php


PROVISIONS MANDATED BY THE STATE SCHOOL EDUCATION BOARD,
GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA, FOR ALL SCHOOLS IN THE STATE,
REGARDLESS OF AFFILIATION
PROVISIONS GRANTED BY THE MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD OF SECONDARY AND HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
  • 25% Extra time
  • Oral Test along with the written examination for Standard I to IX
    • Promotion to next class on the basis of the Average
  • Writer/ typewriter
  • Question papers to be read out
  • Exemption from the Second and Third Language
  • Physiology-Hygiene and Home Science in place of Science
  • Arithmetic 
         Standard I to IV – errors of interchanging of computation signs and number reversal to be ignored
    • Arithmetic of Standard V in Standard V & VI
    • Arithmetic of Standard VI in Standard VII & VIII
    • Arithmetic of Standard VII in Standard IX & X

  • Use of Calculator at Class X Examination
  • Spelling errors and incorrect sentence construction to be ignored.
  • Errors in respect of showing directions in Geography to be ignored.
  • Students between Standard I & IX exempted from drawing diagrams, graphs, and charts.
  • Marks for such questions proportionately distributed to the other questions or students to be provided with supplementary questions.
  • 20% consolidated grace marks in one or more subjects
  • Students are permitted to write in ordinary print
  • Exempted from having to write answers in detail during exams
How to apply for provisions –
  • A Certificate is required from the Govt. Surgeon General in Mumbai.
  • Certificate can be obtained from the LD Clinics of LTMG Hospital, Sion , Nair Hospital and K.E.M Hospital.
  • Applications along with the certificate must reach the Board by January.
  • For students of standard V TO IX, the school may apply to the Deputy Director of Education through the Divisional Inspector.
  • These provisions have been offered since 1996, when the first batch of 13 students with dyslexia appeared for the SSC (Std X) exams. In 2001, the state government passed a Government Resolution formalizing these provisions.
  • Similar provisions are available at the school level, for students from Std. I to IX. Schools are required to forward the relevant documentation to the Ward Education Officer at the local Municipal Department, to get the approval of the Dy. Director of Education (Secondary Schools). Schools that do not prepare students for the State Board examinations are also covered (i.e. ICSE and CBSE schools).
  • A recent circular from the Dy. Director of Higher and Technical Education extends these provisions to Technical Institutions, Non-agricultural and Agricultural Universities, effectively covering students in under-and post-graduate courses.
  • As a safeguard against fraudulent practices, the certificates are signed only by the Head of Department.
 

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Look a gift horse in the mouth....have to!!

Got yet another gift from someone who did not need it or like it. I have received such unwanted gifts all my life from friends and my immediate family, including my husband. Then they complain "Oh, you don't use it?" Now just because I come across as a simple person with simple tastes does not mean I will appreciate every s**t that is passed on as gift to me. I think so much about and before buying a gift for someone. And these people they never spare a thought. I think, I have never said it but its about time I have to say....."PLEASE DON'T PASS ON THAT F**KING ***T TO ME, I AM BETTER WITHOUT YOUR GIFTS"...
There is a list of things which I hated the time I got them. Like the clothes you get on marriages of relatives. Isssshhh.. Like the brown and maroon and dark orange colour suit pieces I got.. and handed over to maids ASAP. Or the garish synthetic sarees I received as a token of bloody love. I passed on that love to the needy n deserving ones. The curios people brought home when they came for a dinner were clearly those which had been wrapped over n over as they exchanged hands for God knows how many years.. Those synthetic purses and handbags that I would not have been seen dead with too were handed over to my maids. The Italian leather bag with a 550 dollar tag is kept wrapped. Useless, impractical and not suited to my taste. The Jasmine fragrance..so bloody what if it was imported and expensive. It smells just the same as those on half saree clad Andhra girls wearing Jasmine flowers. I am using it as a room freshener. Those plasticky photo frames. Oh shit.. Yes, I said I love collecting frames but unique ones not those plastic ones from China. The list is endless.. Heights were expired box of imported biscuits from an army officer.  I was polite all these years. But not any more....

I am simple not simpleton.