Visually impaired kids need teachers like them: Medalist / TNN / Nov 21, 2021, 04:35 IST Lucknow: Just opening schools or universities for the disabled is not enough, the government should understand that a visually impaired student can be best taught by a visually impaired teacher who can understand the learning challenges faced by such students, shared visually impaired BEd student Arvind Kumar Rathore of Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU)The son of an electrician, Rathore will be conferred the Dr Shakuntala Misra Memorial Gold Medal, awarded to the highest-scoring visually impaired student at the undergraduate level and Sanskriti Gold Medal awarded to the highest scoring differently abled student in BEd, at the eighth convocation ceremony of the university on November 29. Coming from a humble background, Rathore says he was ‘atmanirbhar’ since childhood: he won debates and various scholarships that helped him complete his dream of education.“Other students can revise syllabus in just a few hours, but those like me need at least 24 hours as we don’t have the luxury to just turn pages. We have to hear the syllabus through audiobooks,” said Arvind, who aspires to become a teacher. He said a visually impaired teacher can best understand such challenges as he or she has gone through the same and will take care of teaching speed or preparation time, he added.“These medals will motivate me to work for the education of specially abled students. As a number of students are not aware of learning material, I will tell them about it,” he said.BTech student Arpita Kumar has bagged the topmost Chancellors’ Gold Medal.As many as 145 medals—53 gold, 46 silver and 46 bronze will be awarded to students. Around 1,100 students will be conferred degrees. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/visually-impaired-kids-need-teachers-like-them-medalist/articleshow/87824303.cms
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