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Scheme of Examination of Skill Test(s) for English Stenographers, Delhi International Arbitration Centre
High Court of Delhi (Delhi International Arbitration Centre), 2022
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- A notice dated 31 March 2022 for the engagement of four English stenographers. It sets the English shorthand test at 100 words per minute for five minutes, allows 40 minutes for transcription, permits a mistake rate of 3 percent of the words dictated, and sets the marks lost for each mistake.
- How much weight it carries
- An official notice from a court-linked arbitration body, for one small recruitment in 2022. It shows one institution's practice in one cycle, not a standard. Its figures match the Supreme Court advertisement on speed but not on transcription time or mistake limit.
Facts taken from this source
- In the 2022 Delhi International Arbitration Centre notice, the English shorthand test is dictated at 100 words per minute.
“3% of total words dictated at the speed of 100 w.p.m.” (Scheme of examination table, English Shorthand Test)
- The 2022 Delhi International Arbitration Centre notice permits fifteen mistakes in the shorthand test, which it sets at 3 percent of the words dictated.
“Total number of mistakes permissible would be fifteen (15).” (Notes to the scheme of examination, item 2)
- The 2022 Delhi International Arbitration Centre notice allows 40 minutes to transcribe the shorthand dictation, with no extra time for reading the passage.
“Time allowed for transcribing the shorthand dictation will be 40 Minutes. No extra time for reading the passage will be given.” (Notes to the scheme of examination, item 1)
- The 2022 Delhi International Arbitration Centre shorthand test is dictated for five minutes.
“Speed 100 w.p.m. 40 w.p.m. Duration 5 Minutes 10 Minutes” (Scheme of examination table, English Shorthand Test)
- The 2022 Delhi International Arbitration Centre notice deducts four marks for each full mistake in the shorthand test.
“Four (4) marks will be deducted for committing one full mistake.” (Notes to the scheme of examination, item 2)