Bangalore University comes up with action plan for blind students

Visually challenged students of Bangalore University have something to smile about. The varsity is now taking initiatives to make their learning process more easier. A meeting was held at the vice-chancellor’s office on Thursday that chalked out an action plan for visually challenged students.

Vice-chancellor N Prabhu Dev announced several measures that the university would take to add value to these students.

The university has formed a committee under the chairmanship of the vice-chancellor to carry out the action plan.

The committee has recommended extending the duration of the examination by one hour and providing a scribe for these blind students.

“The scribe should be a graduate from a different discipline. A provision for allowing more than one scribe is also in place in case one person is not available for all subjects,” stated a press release from the university.

Other recommendations include fixing a green sticker on the answer sheets of the blind students for the information of evaluators, providing reading material and textbooks in Braille format, replacing questions that require graphic representation with theory-type questions, purchasing of equipment to convert the study material into Braille format, and setting up of special library for the blind.

The committee will also coordinate with various organisations involved in helping visually challenged students to implement the measures effectively.