Guides

A Certificate is required from the Govt. Surgeon General in Mumbai.

Certificate can be obtained from the LD Clinics of LTMG Hospital, Sion , Nair Hospital and K.E.M Hospital.

Applications along with the certificate must reach the Board by January.

For students of standard V TO IX, the school may apply to the Deputy Director of Education through the Divisional Inspector.

These provisions have been offered since 1996, when the first batch of 13 students with dyslexia appeared for the SSC (Std X) exams. In 2001, the state government passed a Government Resolution formalizing these provisions.

Similar provisions are available at the school level, for students from Std. I to IX. Schools are required to forward the relevant documentation to the Ward Education Officer at the local Municipal Department, to get the approval of the Dy. Director of Education (Secondary Schools). Schools that do not prepare students for the State Board examinations are also covered (i.e. ICSE and CBSE schools).

A recent circular from the Dy. Director of Higher and Technical Education extends these provisions to Technical Institutions, Non-agricultural and Agricultural Universities, effectively covering students in under-and post-graduate courses.

As a safeguard against fraudulent practices, the certificates are signed only by the Head of Department.