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

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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.