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| Hard times for visually impaired |
| But for the visually impaired students, the anxiety doesn't end there
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| INDIA
, 16-February-2008
0:22:4 AM |
| As nearly four lakh students in New Delhi count down to the Board exams, which are less than two weeks away, the fear of forgetting months of studying is the biggest worry for almost every student.
But for the visually impaired students, the anxiety doesn't end there.
For most of last year, Satvir has been struggling with the newly designed textbooks of class XII. Moreover, the change in the format has only made it harder for him to study.
''They have filled the textbook with cartoons. Even in the audio casettes, we have been told that the pages are filled with cartoons,'' said Satvir.
''We received the first lot of textbooks in Braille only in October-November. And in fact some of the books are still waiting to come,'' he added.
This year, across Delhi, nearly 400 visually impaired students will sit for the Board exam this year. But the change of syllabus means these students, have had to deal with more than just exam stress.
''There has been a lot of problem with the textbooks coming late, because the syllabus changed and the students are struggling with the audio books,'' said KJ Kuriyan, Principal, Blind School, J P M Senior Secondary School.
To write their exam, students are allowed to use computers and typewriters. But most dictate their answers to a junior, which often leads to disappointing results, like in the case of Neuty who told us that last year his writer couldn't even read the question paper.
''Eventually I had to ask the examiner to read one question for me,'' said Neuty Kumar Thakur, student Class XI.
But even as visually impaired students struggle to get textbooks and suitable writers, the CBSE insists they have big plans for them.
CBSE Chairman Ashok Ganguly assured that sample paper will be coming soon.
But with two weeks to go, students have no choice but to continue to do their best.
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