In a first, CBSE allows dyscalculia students to use calculators in exams
Sharangee.Dutta@timesgroup.com
27.01.2020
To help students suffering from dyscalculia and other calculationrelated disorders, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to allow children with special needs (CWSN) use a basic calculator starting from this year. Students who have already registered for the upcoming class X and XII board exams under the CWSN category will be able to avail this facility.
“Teachers, NGOs, principals, and students were seeking a solution for CWSN students. They informed CBSE about the struggle of dyscalculia students while solving arithmetic problems during exams. To help them we decided to allow them to use a basic calculator,” says Sanyam Bhardwaj, controller of examinations, CBSE, while talking to Education Times.
This new move, adds Bhardwaj, will be in addition to the already existing exemptions and/or concessions offered by CBSE to CWSN students. Some of these concessions include class X Mathematics and Science question paper in braille for blind students, usage of large fonts in Math and Science paper for visually impaired candidates, and allowing the use of a computer or laptop for all disabled students.
“CBSE has taken measures to help students with special needs. It is time to support students with learning disabilities and dyscalculia,” he says.
Students who want to avail this facility must send their request to the school along with a certificate of disability as proof by January 28, 2020.
“CBSE will arrange the basic calculators depending on the number of CWSN students each exam centre has to accommodate. However, no candidate is permitted to bring a calculator from home,” says Bhardwaj.
He adds that once a regional CBSE centre receives the final list of special needs students from each school under its umbrella, the same will be sent to the board to make arrangements for the calculators.
Sharangee.Dutta@timesgroup.com
27.01.2020
To help students suffering from dyscalculia and other calculationrelated disorders, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to allow children with special needs (CWSN) use a basic calculator starting from this year. Students who have already registered for the upcoming class X and XII board exams under the CWSN category will be able to avail this facility.
“Teachers, NGOs, principals, and students were seeking a solution for CWSN students. They informed CBSE about the struggle of dyscalculia students while solving arithmetic problems during exams. To help them we decided to allow them to use a basic calculator,” says Sanyam Bhardwaj, controller of examinations, CBSE, while talking to Education Times.
This new move, adds Bhardwaj, will be in addition to the already existing exemptions and/or concessions offered by CBSE to CWSN students. Some of these concessions include class X Mathematics and Science question paper in braille for blind students, usage of large fonts in Math and Science paper for visually impaired candidates, and allowing the use of a computer or laptop for all disabled students.
“CBSE has taken measures to help students with special needs. It is time to support students with learning disabilities and dyscalculia,” he says.
Students who want to avail this facility must send their request to the school along with a certificate of disability as proof by January 28, 2020.
“CBSE will arrange the basic calculators depending on the number of CWSN students each exam centre has to accommodate. However, no candidate is permitted to bring a calculator from home,” says Bhardwaj.
He adds that once a regional CBSE centre receives the final list of special needs students from each school under its umbrella, the same will be sent to the board to make arrangements for the calculators.
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