Kozhikode teen seeks govt. help after Braille textbook delay disrupts studies
A visually impaired teenager from Kozhikode has sought government assistance to ensure timely distribution of Braille textbooks. Last year, she had to abandon her studies due to delays in receiving necessary materials. Her family is advocating for improved support for higher secondary education for visually impaired students in the state.
- ▪Aysha Sameeha, a 16-year-old from Kozhikode, had to drop out of school last year due to missing Braille textbooks.
- ▪She has urged the Chief Minister and Education Minister to ensure timely distribution of Braille textbooks for the current academic year.
- ▪The Braille press in Kerala only prints textbooks up to Class X, and there is a need for increased funding to support higher education materials.
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A visually impaired teenager from Kozhikode who had to abandon her higher secondary education last academic year because of missing study aids has requested Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and Education Minister N. Samsudheen to ensure that Braille textbooks are distributed in time this year.In a Facebook post on Wednesday (May 20), 16-year-old Aysha Sameeha urged the new government to ensure the timely distribution of Braille textbooks so that she could continue her education. She had to drop out last year when her Braille textbooks failed to arrive, even as the Plus One final exams were approaching in March.Last year, she was a Plus One student in the humanities stream at the Calicut Higher Secondary School for the Handicapped, Kolathur.
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