Dyslexic student's plea to use calculator in exam rejected
19 Mar 2010, 19-1 Hrs

New Delhi, March 19 The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a dyslexic student's plea for using a calculator during his class 12 examination.

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Is CBSE the last word on education? The Kerala State Board , has been joined by state boards of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and National Boards ICSE and NIOS in providing calculators during examinations of class X and class XII to dyslexics and Disabled children. It is a sad day for us dyslexics., Ajay (3/21/2010 12:04:32 AM)

Indian education reforms not withstanding India will keep on churning clerks and not thinkers. World over Dyslexia is treated as a gift and assisted by the people in power to produce Bill Gates, Walt Disney,Albert Einstein, Thomas Alva Edison, Winston Churchill, Leonardo Da Vinci, Noble laureate Dr. Carol W. Greider (all Dyslexics). Who wants such persons in India ?, sanjiv (3/21/2010 12:03:08 AM)

Why the researchers ,doctors ,social scientists, educationists donot help disabled Children like this Dyslexic boy ?What sort of society have we developed ? Are
the education reforms passed by Cabinet disabled friendly.
, raghu verma (3/21/2010 3:56:52 PM)

Had the CBSE allowed calculator to 300 disabled out of more than one million appearing for class XII what would have happened .When ICSE board allows scientific
Calculator for all students. So it means ICSE board is a much advanced board.

, shalabh (3/21/2010 4:06:37 PM)

Pranjay Jain you have asked for a wrong thing from CBSE you should have asked for Voice recognition software and laptop which would have cost CBSE lakhs of rupees and that would have been immediately given to you .How much commission can any one pay for a simple calculator. You still Pranjay have to learn a lot how India Inc works.

, Rohan (3/21/2010 4:19:10 PM)

Taare jameen par flops yet again .Aamir khan should work on a to banish technology from life and let and let Indians lead a simple life without computers and mobiles and calculators and innovative script thinking .We should not strain ourselves.
, manoj (3/21/2010 4:23:19 PM)

Aamir khan should be made HRD minister to help the education
reforms .His movies have brought educaion reforms to common people., mukesh mahajan (3/21/2010 4:31:58 PM)