{"id":7181,"date":"2021-01-05T21:32:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerising.in\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2021-01-05T21:52:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:22:48","slug":"himanta-sarma-assam-govt-committed-to-empowering-visually-impaired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/himanta-sarma-assam-govt-committed-to-empowering-visually-impaired\/","title":{"rendered":"Himanta Sarma: Assam govt committed to empowering visually impaired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Assam, Jan 5:<\/strong> Assam government is committed to empowering the visually impaired individuals by providing them with every possible scope of developing themselves, said state education minister <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Himanta Biswa Sarma<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>As per the minister, the Assam government provides braille books, uniforms, smartphones, recorders, and other aids to such visually challenged students so that their education remains unhindered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>On #BrailleDay, GoA commits to empower visually challenged students by all possible means so that they can make their dreams come true<\/strong>,\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/himantabiswa\">Himanta Biswa Sarma<\/a><\/span> tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Braille books, uniforms, smartphones, recorder, etc are being provided to such students for their unhindered academic &amp; personal growth<\/strong>,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BrailleDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BrailleDay<\/a>, GoA commits to empower visually challenged students by all possible means so that they can make their dreams come true.<\/p>\n<p>Braille books, uniforms, smart phones, recorder etc are being provided to such students for their unhindered academic &amp; personal growth<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf92\ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udca1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T14FrCfZar\">pic.twitter.com\/T14FrCfZar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/himantabiswa\/status\/1346044167793778688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) had introduced braille question papers for the first time in the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/nerising.in\/student-commits-suicide-after-failing-hslc-exam\/\">High School Leaving Certificate<\/a><\/span> (HSLC) exams held in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This was done to solve the difficulty faced by the visually impaired students who sat for the board exams.<\/p>\n<p>In absence of braille question papers, these students had to take the help of scribes to write their answer scripts.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 13 such students had appeared in the HSLC exams that year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assam, Jan 5: Assam government is committed to empowering the visually impaired individuals by providing them with every possible scope of developing themselves, said state education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. 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