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.
BENGALURU: Most students who appeared for the second-year pre-university examinations are celebrating their success and here are some ‘special students’ who too excelled despite all odds.
Chinmaya Dhal (15), a visually-impaired boy of village Oliepada under Jajpur district is now the pride of his parents and of the area for getting ‘A’ grade by scoring 553 marks out of 600 in this year’s High School Certificate (HSC) examination. He has also scored 100 marks in Mathematics.
It was more than a dream come true for 10-year-old visually impaired school student T. Sriramanujam to don the role of a news presenter on television.
Coming to the aid of a blind candidate, the state commissioner for persons with disabilities has directed the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) to give additional 20 minutes per hour to blind candidates appearing in competitive examinations conducted by the Commission.
HYDERABAD: A trust to help the visually challenged people achieve their goals in life was inaugurated here on Sunday.
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.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday distributed free laptop computers to visually impaired students at a function organised in his home office Krishna in Bengaluru. This move by the government is aimed at encouraging visually impaired students to pursue higher education and making them self-sufficient. With this, the government has fulfilled its promise of distributing laptops to 1,000 students from Class 10 and above as announced in the budget.
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