The reason for this rejection is the delay in submission of LD certificate.
A class X CBSE student with learning disability was denied the concession for LD students at the board exams citing delay in sending the certificate. The student of Manav Vidya Mandir in Malabar Hill was diagnosed with learning disability in 2016 due to which he was experiencing problems in comprehension, mathematics, reading and writing.
The school soon issued a letter to Nair Hospital to get the necessary tests done and was expecting to get a certificate before December 2016, the due date mentioned by the CBSE to submit the documents.
The hospital gave a certificate on February 20, a little late due to the large number of requests it had, confirming that the child had dyslexia and dysgraphia. It was forwarded to the CBSE in the next two days. Parents were expecting the board to consider their request as there was no response from the board’s side until the previous day of the exam.
On March 9, 2017, just a day before the class X exams commenced, the school got a letter from the CBSE that stated “with reference to your letter on the subject cited above (grant for compensatory time in class X of AISSE 2017, I am to inform you that the request for grant of compensatory time of the following candidate for class X is hereby rejected as the candidate has not registered through online and Medical Certificate obtained only on 3.3.2017”.)
Mumbai based psychiatrist Dr Harish Shetty, who has been treating the child since 2016 took up the issue on his blog has now written to the HRD ministry and the CBSE board on behalf of parents. “The child came to me in 2016 and was diagnosed with learning disability. The family immediately approached the hospital to get an LD certificate so that the child could avail the concessions which LD students get. However, there was a little delay in getting the certificate from the hospital which is bound to happen as there are very few testing centres in the country and they are all flooded with requests. The board has shown consideration and has just rejected the request on the very previous day of the exam” said Shetty.
CBSE officials said that the board has written to the regional centre and can comment only when they get a response. “We have asked for the case details and can only respond after we get more information in the case” said an official who did not wish to be named.
Authorities at the school denied commenting on the issue. The student has appeared for his first paper without the one hour concession and would have to appear for the next paper on March 20. "We are hoping that the CBSE acts and grants concession at least for the remaining papers" said Shetty.
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