Odisha HRC directs no offline exams for Class 10 differently-abled students

The Odisha Human Rights Commission has directed the Board of Secondary Education, BSE, Odisha, to not conduct offline examinations for differently-abled students of Class 10 amid the ongoing pandemic.

On Monday, the Odisha Human Rights Commission, OHRC, directed the Board of Secondary Education, BSE, Odisha, to not conduct offline examinations for differently-abled students of Class 10. The interim order came after a petition by rights activist Manoj Jena against the BSE's decision to not declare the results of the High School Certificate (HSC) examination of 139 differently-abled students of special schools. The OHRC has asked why the Odisha board wants to conduct offline examinations for differently-abled students when the results of lakhs of students of general schools have been declared without any examinations.