By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Monday directed the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) to not proceed with the offline High School Certificate (HSC) examination of 139 differently-abled college students which was scheduled to start from July 30.
Results of those college students of 9 faculties – managed by NGOs and the Red Cross Society with 100 per cent grant-in-aid from the Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department (SSEPD) – was withheld this 12 months by the BSE on the bottom that their faculties are usually not affiliated to it. Although the matter was taken up by the OHRC on July 3 and it sought a report from each BSE and SSEPD by July 22, the Board requested them to look for the offline HSC examination.
Acting on a petition filed by NHRC core committee member and chairperson of Human Rights Front Manoj Jena, the Commission requested the BSE to not maintain the examination until the subsequent listening to on August 6. Jena knowledgeable the OHRC that with out ready for its closing order on the problem, the BSE determined to conduct an offline examination for these college students. He stated that the choice was not solely arbitrary but additionally supposed to place the differently-abled college students in utter problem throughout the Covid-19 state of affairs.
Surprised over the unjustified choice, the Commission questioned that if outcomes of lakhs of normal college students had been introduced based mostly on marks secured in Class IX and X closing exams, why is the Board insisting on offline examination for differently-abled college students. It additional stated that if something untoward occurs within the matter affecting the curiosity of the differently-abled college students, it shall be the only duty of the BSE.
