Even as the country observed ‘World Braille Day’ on January 4, visually-impaired students pursuing higher studies in the state rued a lack of textbooks in Braille for them. http://indianexpress.com/article/education/visually-challenged-students-face-shortage-of-braille-books-reading-assistants/ “We are facing problems in the absence of Braille textbooks. A reading assistant too is difficult to get,” said Lipika Rani Pati, a Plus III (first year) of Khallikote Cluster University here.
A reading assistant reads out chapters to the blind students, who either write them down in Braille or try to remember the content. “It is difficult to grasp all subjects by just listening to the chapters,” said Rebati Patra, a Plus II (first year) student of SBR Women’ s College here. They urged the state government to provide them textbooks in Braille as in the case with high school students. “The government provides Braille textbooks for free till Class X,” said Principal of Red Cross Blind School N C Satapathy. He said students face problems on entering college. Around 200 blind students are studying in different colleges in the state, he added. There is only one Braille press in the state. It publishes books in Braille for school children up to Class VIII through the Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Celebrating Louis Braill birthday, Jan. 4th. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
