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Students with special needs demand clarity on Hindi exam rule
The New Indian Express Vijayawada
|March 18, 2025
STUDENTS with special needs, who have successfully taken SSC exams using digital technology, now face uncertainty due to the interpretation of GO No. 86.
While the order permits exemptions for second and third languages, it is being misread as a ban on writing Hindi as a third language, disappointing students aiming for IITs and other national institutes, where marks are calculated out of 600, not 500.
This story is from the March 18, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vijayawada.
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