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. http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/visually-impaired-chinmaya-scores-100-marks-in-maths.html “Chinmaya was born blind but not without a vision. By dint of his hard work he got good marks in the examination. He is now an example for all disabled children,” said Niranjan Sahoo, a teacher of the Upendra Kumar High School at Abdulpur where Chinmaya was reading.
Chinmaya said, “Life is a challenge for me and I accepted it for which I have scored marks on expected lines. Earlier, I was reading at the Bhim Bhoi Blind School in Bhubaneswar, but last year I read in Class-IX at the Upendra Kumar High School.” He wants to be a scientist, he added. Chinmaya’s father Ramesh Dhal said, “I do hard work as a daily labourer, but I never neglected my son’s study.” Chinmaya’s mother Parbati works as an Anganwadi helper. Although Chinmaya reads through Braille, he appeared at the examination with the help of a writer from a lower class provided by the Board Of Secondary Education. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU 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..
