It wasn’t long ago that the government issued a resolution allowing students with the need of writers to opt for older writers. But, on the contrary, parents of such students are still struggling to get writers, because state board has instructed school and examination centres to insist parents on having younger writers in order to avoid malpractices in examination. The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations begins on Tuesday, for which over 17 lakhs students are appearing from across Maharashtra.

According to a new set of regulations regarding facilities to be given to students with special needs, from this year onwards, writers who are older to the candidate will also be allowed. For Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, there was just single such application as there was not enough awareness about the new regulation. But for SSC examinations, there are not many older writers helping students with special needs.