Hearing impaired take a shot at SSLC examination

Updated on: Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Bangalore: Several gritty hearing-impaired students took a determined try at SSLC examination.

Just 11 days immediately after giving birth to a girl child, Pushpa Ravi gave good try at Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination, which anyone would be reluctant to do. But, for the 27-year-old mother it was an important day, as she wanted to accomplish this milestone in her life, which under normal circumstances other woman would have been at home nursing their infant.

Ms. Ravi is also another one such candidate among 32, all having hearing impediment coached by C.N. Vijayaraj of Samartanam Trust.

As Ms. Ravi pored over the mathematics problems to a scribe and her husband too a hearing impaired person was patiently waiting outside with the baby who slept peacefully.

In the company of Ms Ravi was Swarna Satish (27). Although the latter had prepared well for the examination but was worried about her three-month-old son Sumanth who has had a bad cold back at home. Her husband Satish, a sales representative with a retail sari showroom, said it was not easy for her to prepare for the examination.

Another anxious person was Usha Rajendar, a homemaker, who accompanied her son R. Srinivas (19), who is both hearing and visually impaired, to the examination centre. With great difficulty they have found a scribe for Srinivas . It is very difficult to find someone who will be able to effectively communicate with him as he has both visually and hearing impairment, she said.

Working as a peon at the Income Tax Office Venkat Subbaiah (45), who is hearing impaired, has been working in the same post for the past 15 years as he has not passed SSLC.

Mr. Vijayaraj has been helping hearing impaired candidates to clear SSLC examination for the past three years.

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Hearing impaired take a shot at SSLC examination

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