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GUV RELEASES BOOK ON VISUAL DISABILITY
The Governor of Uttarakhand, Dr KK Paul released a book, ‘Visual Disability–A Resource Book for Teachers,’ at the Raj Bhawan on Monday. The book is compiled by subject specialists and National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Dehradun.
Tamil Nadu HSC results: Blind girl scored 1,167 out of 1,200 in Erode
COIMBATORE: Braving odds, a blind students from Erode emerge with flying colour in the Plus Two pulic examination, the result of which was released on Tuesday. R Gokila Priya from Kumutha Matric Higher Secondary School in Nambiyur, Erode had scored 1,167 out of the total 1,200 in the Plus Two public examination and managed to secure top rank among blind students.
National IT contest for youth with disabilities
CHENNAI: This year the Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities will be held during 21st – 25th November, 2016 in Yagzhou, Jiangsu, China. The event is meant for four categories of disabilities – visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical impairment (locomotor) and intellectual/development disorder for people within 13-19 years. One youth with disability from each of the above categories will be nominated to participate in the GITC 2016 in China.
Visually impaired boy shines in Class XII exams
For 19-year-old Irfan from Bandipora’s Sonawari village, success means optimism and family support, not eyesight.
Despite being visually impaired from childhood, Irfan scored 91 per cent marks in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII exams’ results declared yesterday.
GOVT SCHOOLS OUTSHINE PVT SCHOOLS
The results of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII announced on Saturday show a successful trend in Government schools as compared to private schools. This year, there is a huge dent in the performance of private schools, whose performance has declined by nearly 10 per cent from 41.22 per cent to 32.57 per cent in its past percentage from last year.
School for the blind shows the way: Topper Kavita secures 90 per cent -
Appearing for CBSE Class XII exams, students of the Institute for the Blind in Sector 26 passed with flying colours. Kavita Rani bagged the first position with 90 per cent marks. For Kavita, a resident of Ahmednagar in Sangrur district who stayed in a hostel to prepare for her board exams, the result came as a pleasant surprise. The institute that was earlier affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board had switched to CBSE in the last academic session.
Loss of sight but no lack of vision
CHENNAI: WHEN on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, C Margaret, an English teacher at Little Flowers Convent School for Blind and Deaf, remarked “Literature is not about books but of life’s experiences,” her student S Sandhya nodded her head instantly.
Indian oil centre for rural eye health opens in capital LVPEI
BHUBANESWAR: LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) on Thursday opened an Indian Oil Centre for Rural Eye Health here with an aim to provide solutions to visual impairment in rural areas of the State.
Visually-impaired Ulhasnagar girl cracks IAS in maiden attempt
Where there's a will, there's a way and 26-year-old Pranjal Patil, a visually-impaired Ulhasnagar resident, has proved it right by clearing the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams and getting an All-India ranking of 773.

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