Concessions for differently abled : Kerala

Kerala government has issued guidelines for concessions that can be allowed to students with various kinds of disabilities for the diploma examinations.

"It has been stipulated that service of an interpreter and extra time of 10 minutes per hour for a paper can be granted to hearing impaired students for diploma examinations", the government order states.
The All Kerala Parents Association of Hearing Impaired state committee had represented to government to provide concession of grace marks in each subject to hearing impaired students.

After examining the matter, government granted 25 % of maximum marks in each theory papers as moderation hearing impaired students, who don't secure minimum marks to pass the examination along with other concessions already in force so as to enable them to secure minimum marks required to pass the examination.



Source : TOI , Kochi ( 8th March 2013 )