CHANDIGARH: Overcoming odds, all 14 Class X students from the Sector 26 based Institute for the Blind have secured a first division in the results declared on June 2. The topper amongst these visually impaired students is Tulsi Bhardwaj, who has got an impressive 87% in the Punjab State Education Board (PSEB) exams.
With a desire to become a history professor, Tulsi wants to take up the arts stream with history and political science in Class XI. With total vision impairment in both her eyes, Tulsi says she can 'only see shadows'.
"I used to study in a regular school and shifted to the institute in class V. I use to take oral exams after my mother helped me prepare," Tulsi says. Later, her mother learnt Braille and also taught her daughter the same - giving her a new direction in life. Ambala resident Tulsi's younger brother, an LKG student, also suffers from the same disability. Her father is a private employee in Panchkula.
The next top scorers of the school include Babita with 86.5% marks and Anjali Raturi with 85.7 marks. Anjali, a resident of Ludhiana, lost her eyesight due to nerve damage following a brain fever. She shifted to the Sector 26 School from Dehradun in 2011. "I managed to study with help from my teachers and parents," she said, adding that she wished to become a civil servant when she grew up.
Another touching story is that of Samta, whose sister Suman also topped the same school in her Class XII PSEB exams this year. The second youngest of four siblings, Samta has inherited the disability from her father - with her mother also being physically handicapped. Despite the odds against her, Samta secured 84% marks in the exam. Her father Shyamlal says that the daughters have made him proud.
With a desire to become a history professor, Tulsi wants to take up the arts stream with history and political science in Class XI. With total vision impairment in both her eyes, Tulsi says she can 'only see shadows'.
"I used to study in a regular school and shifted to the institute in class V. I use to take oral exams after my mother helped me prepare," Tulsi says. Later, her mother learnt Braille and also taught her daughter the same - giving her a new direction in life. Ambala resident Tulsi's younger brother, an LKG student, also suffers from the same disability. Her father is a private employee in Panchkula.
The next top scorers of the school include Babita with 86.5% marks and Anjali Raturi with 85.7 marks. Anjali, a resident of Ludhiana, lost her eyesight due to nerve damage following a brain fever. She shifted to the Sector 26 School from Dehradun in 2011. "I managed to study with help from my teachers and parents," she said, adding that she wished to become a civil servant when she grew up.
Another touching story is that of Samta, whose sister Suman also topped the same school in her Class XII PSEB exams this year. The second youngest of four siblings, Samta has inherited the disability from her father - with her mother also being physically handicapped. Despite the odds against her, Samta secured 84% marks in the exam. Her father Shyamlal says that the daughters have made him proud.
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