SCRIBE for Visually Impaired Candidates in Railway Exams
Northern Railway
SCRIBE for Visually Impaired Candidates in Railway Exams
Instructions/ Guidelines for provision of “SCRIBE” to Visually Impaired candidates or those candidates whose written speed is affected by cerebral palsy, to help such candidates during the written examination in reference to employment notice no. 220E/Open Mkt/RRC/2013 of Northern Railway.
i) In reference to the above examination, such of the
visually impaired candidates, as are unable to read the question paper and
indicate answer in the OMR sheet due to very poor vision, are allowed
to avail the help of “SCRIBE” for assisting them by reading out the questions
and writing answers on their behalf. Similarly, such candidates whose writing
speed has been affected by Cerebral Palsy are also allowed to avail the
assistance of “SCRIBE” for writing answers on their behalf.
However, partially blind candidates who can read and indicate answers with the help of Magnifying glass, will not be allowed to take the help of SCRIBE during the examination, however, they are allowed to bring magnifying glass with them.
ii) The “SCRIBE” will be allowed on specific request of the candidates having aforesaid handicaps, on following terms and conditions:-
- The candidates will have to arrange their own “SCRIBE” at their own cost during the examination.
iii) The candidates as well as the “SCRIBE” will have to give an undertaking in the performa enclosed as Annexure-I, to the effect that the “SCRIBE” fulfils the stipulated conditions, mentioned above and if any discrepancies/irregularities or false information are found later on, the candidature of the applicant will be cancelled irrespective of the result of the examination.
iv) Candidates who are allowed to take the assistance of a “SCRIBE” in the examination shall be given an extra time of 30 minutes in the examination. Thus the duration of the said written examination for such candidates will be 120 minutes.
v) Such candidates as need the assistance of the “SCRIBE” during the aforesaid written examination are required to obtain prior permission for the same from Railway Recruitment Cell, Lajpat Nagar-I, New Delhi 110024 and for this purpose, candidates are advised to attend the office of RRC-NR from 24.10.14 between 10.00 am and 4.30 pm along with the following documents/forms-
vi) Enclosed form, duly filled, with photograph of the “SCRIBE” pasted on it in the given space and the photograph also signed in such a manner so that a part of the signature comes on the form also.
vii) One Extra Pass Port size photograph of the “SCRIBE”.
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Courtesy: Northern Railway