The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use their own scribe at their cost during the written examination. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:
1.
. The candidate will have to arrange his own
scribe at his/her own cost.
2.
. The scribe may be from any academic stream.
3.
. Both the candidate as well as scribe will
have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the
stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above. Further in case
it later transpires that he/she did not fulfill any laid down eligibility
criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will
stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written examination.
4.
. Those candidates who use a scribe shall be
eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination.
5.
. The same scribe cannot be used by more than
one candidate. In addition the scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a
candidate for the examination (CWE PO/MT-IV). If violation of the above is
detected at any stage of the process, candidature for CWE of both the candidate
and the scribe will be cancelled.
Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favourably entertained.
Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favourably entertained.
Guidelines
for candidates
(i) with
locomotor disability and cerebral palsy
An extra time of twenty minutes per hour shall be permitted for the candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40% impairment), although, no scribe shall be permitted to such candidates.
An extra time of twenty minutes per hour shall be permitted for the candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40% impairment), although, no scribe shall be permitted to such candidates.
(ii)
Visually Impaired candidates
1.
. Visually Impaired candidates (who suffer
from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test
in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for compensatory
time of 20 minutes for every hour of examination.
2.
. The facility of viewing the contents of the
test in magnifying font will not be available to Visually Impaired candidates
who use the services of a Scribe for the examination.
These
guidelines are subject to change in terms of GOI guidelines/ clarifications, if
any, from time to time.
