Not again, say differently abled
Collector promises to provide easy-to-access halls
Sunday brought back unpleasant memories for many differently abled candidates who appeared for the Tamil Nadu Public Service's examination for Group IV service.
The orthopedically challenged candidates of the special recruitment examination for the differently abled had to struggle their way to examination halls on the first floor at the venue – the Corporation Girls' Higher Secondary School on Oppankara Street.
On July 30 the differently abled candidates had faced a similar problem when they went to the examination venue, an engineering college on the outskirts of the city, to appear for the Combined Subordinate Services examination.
Surya Nagappan, a candidate, says he and many others like him were asked to go to the first floor. “When the TNPSC knows this examination is exclusively for the challenged people, how is that they had agreed to have examinations halls on the first floor.” “Or, is it the district administration's fault,” he asks.
After the July 30 examination, the TNPSC laid the blame at the district administration's door saying it was they who fixed the venue. The administration said the TNPSC had failed to inform them that the differently abled would write the examination.
This time, though, neither the TNPSC nor the district administration has such a luxury, says Karuppusamy, another differently abled candidate.
“Seventeen of us had to struggle our way to the hall. In the process one even fell as there was nothing to hold on to.” Mr. Nagappan says the assurances the administration gave to the media after the July 30 fiasco have remained just that. “What are they going to say now,” he asks. District administration officials were unavailable for comment.
Collector M. Karunakaran assured that he would henceforth ensure that the differently abled were given examination halls that were easy to access.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2334836
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