Education and Employment

Defying visual impairment, they do brilliant results

Two visually impaired students of Saptibari High School in Aditmari upazila under the district have set laudable examples by obtaining brilliant results in this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations.

PANEL TO MONITOR VACANCIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

An inter-ministerial panel has been formed to monitor the progress being made by various Central Government departments in filling vacancies of persons with disabilities.

A golden chance for visually impaired

A two-year special course for visually impaired students will be started at Braille Bhawan, Jamalpur. This course has been started jointly by the Centre’s National Institute for Visually Handicapped, Dehradun, and the Punjab Government. Applications have been sought for this special course with duration of two years.

Vision for future guides 23 impaired students

PUNE: These 23 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC, standard XII) students from Niwant Andh Mukta Vikasalaya (NAMV) have been through the most testing times in life: they have been visually impaired since birth, born in families with measly incomes and very little to sustain on.

CBSE result 2015: Visually-impaired boy from Delhi scores 91.4 per cent

Tapas, who has no vision in both his eyes since birth, took the exam with the help of a scribe and notched up 457 of the total 500 marks just 39 short of the all India topper M Gayatri.

Students with visual impairment in the state will be given admission to science stream in Higher Secondary classes, from this year onwards.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students with visual impairment in the state will be given admission to science stream in Higher Secondary classes, from this year onwards.

True grit: Blind student scores 3 As and 2 Bs at A-Levels

SINGAPORE — She was only nine when she became blind in her right eye due to glaucoma. Three years ago, following a fainting episode in class, Amanda Chong woke up to a totally dark world, having lost sight in her left eye as well.

Two visually impaired girls, S Manimegalai and S Girija from the SCMS Girls Higher Secondary School, Sivakasi, secured State ranks in the differently-abled category.

VIRUDHUNAGAR/NAMAKKAL/COIMBATORE: Fifty school dropouts rescued from child labour and placed for formal education by the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) have cleared Class X in three districts.

Supreme Court asks Centre and states to monitor help for disabled people

Bringing into focus the plight of disabled people, the Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and all states on a plea seeking periodic monitoring of implementation of various provisions of the Disabilities Act.

For him, visual impairment no deterrent, Scores 75.2 per cent marks in ICSE Class X results

Rahul Bhatia, a visually impaired Class X student of Tender Heart School, Sector 33, here, scored 75.2 per cent marks in the ICSE Class X results.

Showing the way to others, Rahul defied his disability. He was diagnosed with 100 per cent disability in one eye and 60 per cent in another early in childhood.