College students with Type 1 diabetes will be allowed 20 minutes of extra time for each hour of examination, Minister for Higher Education and Social Justice R. Bindu has said.
All students with Type 1 diabetes studying in educational institutions, including universities and professional colleges, under the Higher Education department would get the extra time, a statement quoting Dr. Bindu here on Saturday said.
The extra time of 20 minutes an hour during examinations would be allowed on the basis of a doctor’s certificate, a government order said.
