can we have his e mail i.d. ----- Original Message ----- From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:38 PM Subject: [AI] `Special' teacher works wonders
> `Special' teacher works wonders > > Staff Reporter > > Converts Urdu, civics into Braille script > > CLASS APART: Mohd. Mahboob. > > Hyderabad: The Government turning a Nelson's eye is nothing new. But surprisingly, it is being blind to the needs of a visually-challenged teacher. Mohd. > Mahboob, a Secondary Grade teacher of Government Primary School, B.K. Guda, has been representing the authorities for providing the lessons to him in the > Braille script. But his pleas have fallen on deaf ears. > > However, the undeterred 41-year old teacher, who is blind by birth, has prepared the lessons in Braille script himself. Of course, at great pain and cost. > > Mr. Mahboob who teaches classes IV and V has converted Urdu, civics and social studies texts in the Braille script. "I am trying to write the other subjects > too in this language," he says, showing the Urdu text. > > Scores of teachers > > He was among the scores of teachers who were presented awards by the Hyderabad Collector R.V. Chandravadan on Tuesday on the occasion of Teachers Day. > > Rasheed Ahmed, headmaster of the B.K. Guda school, guided him to the dais. "He has been a great source of encouragement to me. But for him, I wouldn't have > been in the position I am today," remarked an emotional Mahboob. > > After completing his matriculation from the Government High School for Blind, Dar-us-Shifa, Mr. Mahboob graduated from the Anwarul Uloom College and did > teachers training. During this period he lost his parents and faced financial straits. > > But he remained positive in his outlook and got a teacher's job in 1997. "Lack of vision has never been a handicap. And I don't have any inferiority complex > either," he says. > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006 > > 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
