The Ministry of education responds to visually impaired girls' prosecution: this year's English grade four Braille paper is ready.
Shuo / people's daily
for the "visual barrier girls prosecution Education Department". On the 16 day, the official response of the examination center of the Ministry of Education: in China With the strong support of the United Nations, the National College English test (CET) in June 2017 (CET) is ready to provide Braille test papers for the visually impaired. It can meet the desire of the blind candidates to participate in the CET.
Xiao Qian studies in the library every day, preparing for the examination of grade four and postgraduate.
last September, Changchun University Special Education Institute of acupuncture and moxibustion and moxibustion and massage girl Xiao Qian (pseudonym) signed up the College English test for the four level, and applied to the local education department for the use of Braille examination paper, but it was not approved. In the 46 grade examination in March this year, Xiao Qian once again applied for the application. No fruit. In May 10th, Xiao Qian commissioned a lawyer to bring an administrative lawsuit to the first intermediate people's court in Beijing. It asked the Ministry of education to open a reasonable convenience for the visual handicapped people to take part in the four level examination. The court accepted the case on the day.
the person in charge of the examination center of the Ministry of Education said that for many years the center has attached great importance to the convenience for the disabled candidates to participate in the examination, providing a variety of reasonable and high quality services for the disabled candidates who have participated in the CET, such as providing hearing free test examinees for hearing test examinees, and providing a large number of words for the Visual Handicapped candidates. With the convenience of extending the examination time, 18 CET visually impaired candidates used the large volume in December 2016, which was fully affirmed by the candidates and the society. Braille examination is a relatively complex process, which requires professionals who know Braille and special equipment. In the past year, in view of the new requirements for the application of Braille test papers, the examination center has worked closely with the Chinese disabled federation to study and prepare the CET Braille test paper.