In a huge relief to a dyslexic student who has scored over 80% in ICSE exam, the Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to accept her online admission forms for Class XI in the state Higher Secondary Board.
The girl, Ava Kaka, scored over 80% in the SSC exam held this year but her forms were rejected on the grounds that she had not appeared for the mandatory six subjects in her Class X exams.
Her advocate Mihir Desai argued before the court that the ICSE board had exempted her from appearing for the Hindi examination considering the fact that she was dyslexic.
The petition reads: “In 2011, the petitioner had undergone a medical examination at Drishti Special Dyslexic Centre, which recommended to the ICSE board that the girl should be exempted from one language paper. The board accepted this recommendation and exempted the petitioner, following which she appeared for only five subjects in SSC examination held in March this year.”
However, when the girl tried to fill her registration forms online for admission, her application was rejected.
Government pleader GW Mattos argued that the exemption granted by the ICSE board was not binding on the state board.
“Out of the over one lakh students who have filled online forms, 226 students are disabled and two are dyslexic. These students have appeared for all the six subjects.”
It was also informed that the girl can apply for admissions by going to colleges and filling the admission forms manually.
A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice MS Sanklecha, however, observed that the petitioner cannot be deprived of availing the online facility just because she took the benefit of exemption.
Accordingly, the court directed the principal of the girl’s school to verify her online admission form as mandated in the rules and asked the state education board to accept the her forms.
Huge relief for 16-yr-old
Ava Kaka had scored over 80% in the SSC exam held this year but her forms were rejected on the grounds that she had not appeared for the mandatory six subjects in her Class X exams.
After her advocate Mihir Desai argued before the court that the ICSE board had exempted her from appearing for the Hindi examination considering the fact that she was dyslexic, the Bombay high court on Friday directed the state government to accept her online admission forms for Class XI in state Higher Secondary Board.
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