DU prof claims Economics paper for visually-impaired students was ‘tough’
As per Delhi High Court order given to the university in 2013, the question paper for visually-challenged students has to be made keeping in mind their requirements. It also stated geometry kit should be made available to such students by the university for their help. But, it seems the orders of HC were violated by the university “There were many questions which required and specifically asked to draw diagram or graphs . The whole idea to set up a different paper for visually challenged students was to avoid questions of graphs”, said an economics professor at the university requesting anonymity.
He further added the exam papers meant for general and visually challenged students had common questions but marks scheme varied. “The papers had some common questions but marking scheme varied drastically. For a similar question, in general paper it was allotted 7 marks while it carried 5 marks in the paper meant for visually challenged students. Instead of making it easier for them, the university made the paper difficult and discriminatory. Also, there was no kit or any kind of assistance for the students,” said the complained.
The commerce department confessed there were ‘problem’ in the paper. They also said the necessary changes were made when they received information about it. “After we came to know that paper is not set according to the norms given by HC, we changed the questions to meet the requirements of visually-challenged students and submitted the same to university,” said Kavita Sharma, convenor of examination at university’s commerce department. Officials from examination department were not available for comment.
He further added the exam papers meant for general and visually challenged students had common questions but marks scheme varied. “The papers had some common questions but marking scheme varied drastically. For a similar question, in general paper it was allotted 7 marks while it carried 5 marks in the paper meant for visually challenged students. Instead of making it easier for them, the university made the paper difficult and discriminatory. Also, there was no kit or any kind of assistance for the students,” said the complained.
The commerce department confessed there were ‘problem’ in the paper. They also said the necessary changes were made when they received information about it. “After we came to know that paper is not set according to the norms given by HC, we changed the questions to meet the requirements of visually-challenged students and submitted the same to university,” said Kavita Sharma, convenor of examination at university’s commerce department. Officials from examination department were not available for comment.