This year a total of 21,190 candidates will appear for the SSC examinations of which 19,562 are regular students. Among these, 225 students have opted for pre-vocational subjects in which they are at liberty to drop main subjects such as mathematics
The GBSHSE has granted complete concession to 78 students with ‘special needs’ while 85 with ‘minor disability’ are allowed an extra 30 minutes to finish each paper and can be accompanied by a reader-cum-writer during the examination hours.
“The concessions are for students with special needs and lower learning disability. It also includes exempting them from different map-related tasks,” GBSHSE Chairman J R Rebello told Herald.
Goa has three schools for students with disabilities under the Goa board including Sanjay Centre for Special Education that begun conducting SSC exams since the last academic year. In addition to this, a number of schools across the state have allotted ‘resource rooms’ for physically as well as mentally challenged students where extra classes and special trainings are imparted.
Rebello observed that the number of special needs students is increasing every year, as a result of rising awareness for this section of society.
The SSC exams end on April 10 and the results are expected about a fortnight after May 10, when results of standard XII will be announced. Around 18,103 students had appeared for the SSC exams in the last academic year, recording 83.51 pass percentage. The exams were held from March 1 to 15, 2014 across 24 centres.
Twenty-odd students with any form of handicap are appearing at the ongoing Higher Secondary School Certificate exams that will conclude on March 20.
