The blind school in Patna is headed by an orthopaedic and not by an ophthalmologist, revealed a ruling party Janata Dal(United) MLA on Wednesday in the State Assembly.
The embarrassed State government promptly assured the House that immediate corrective steps would be taken on the issue.
Dream walk: Disability does not deter the visually-challenged participants at Princess India 2016-17 beauty pageant in Andheri on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Fariha Farooqui
A year ago, K. Suguna and her husband, Elumalai, sold candy at the Tambaram Railway Station. The couple, both visually impaired, made about ₹ 150 - ₹200 a day. They saved the bulk of it for the education of their two children — Vijay and Supriya. Today, Suguna is not only a school teacher, but also a motivational speaker.
Hyderabad: Mr. Hassan Ali Bawazeer of ITI, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, has won the 5th National Blind and Deaf Judo Championships Award.
According to Prof. Mushtaq Ahmed I. Patel, Dean, Students Welfare, Bawazeer has participated under 55 kgs weight category in the Junior Blind Judo Championships – 2017 held at Scottish High International School, Gurgaon, Haryana recently, and secured first position in competition.
About 38,017 students, including 19,107 girls, from 436 schools would take the SSLC public examinations in the district from Wednesday.
Flying squads with 275 teachers have been formed to check malpractices. About 108 students with disabilities would also appear for the examination. Fifty-seven visually impaired students have been allotted scribes. Forty-three students with disabilities have been allotted one hour extra time to complete the exam.
The National Science Day is being celebrated every year on February 28 all over India to commemorate the invention of the Raman Effect by the Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman on the same day in the year 1928.
For his great success in the field of science, Sir Raman was awarded and honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 1930. Besides, the National Science Day offers an opportunity to widely spread a message about the significance of scientific application in the daily life of people.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed the State government’s move to close down a residential school for the blind and stop the supply of basic amenities to the school hostel.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice G. Rohini was hearing a petition filed by the National Federation of Blind which had challenged the move of the government. The petitioner, advocate Santosh Rungta, said the Department of Education had compelled parents to withdraw their wards from Andh Mahavidhyalaya on Panchkuian Road and admit them in other blind schools which were running to capacity.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met members of India’s T20 Blind Cricket Team which recently won the World Cup and said their deeds are an inspiration for millions of people.
“Had a memorable interaction with our champion cricketers, the winners of the T-20 Cricket World Cup for the Blind,” Modi said.
“Inspired by their seniors, most of these cricketers picked up the game in their school days. Today, they are an inspiration to all of us,” he tweeted.
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