Disabled pupils in Himachal can engage higher qualified scribe

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:35 PM Jun 29, 2021 IST

Shimla, June 28

Now, visually impaired and other individuals, who can’t write their exams, can engage a scribe with higher qualification, if the agency conducting the exam fails to provide one to them.

The state government has taken back the guidelines, which required candidates to bring a scribe “one step junior” in qualification.

Ajai Srivastava, a member of the HP State Advisory Board on Disability, said, “The government had earlier failed to take note of the Delhi HC directions to the Union Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment and the UGC in this regard.”— TNS

Disabled pupils in Himachal can engage higher qualified scribe

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