Visually challenged students excel in SSLC exam
Mysuru: Two
visually challenged students
made the city proud through their performance in SSLC exam.
Jahnavi HK
, a student of Ranga Rao Memorial School for the Differently Abled, who is blind by birth, secured 566 marks. Daughter of Kumar and Nandini, a teacher at the same school, Jahnavi said her desire is to pursue
higher education
in English literature. "I didn't expect this score. I was studying two hours every day," she told TOI.
According to her father, Kumar, Jahnavi's achievement made the family proud. "She is good at operating gadgets. She is a hard worker," he said.
Mohith Gowda KH, a blind student of the govt school for the deaf and blind located in Tilak Nagar, scored 511 marks. All five students of the school cleared the exam.
Mohith informed that he will pursue higher studies in humanities. Mohith, who originally hails from the Pandavapura taluk in Mandya district, is blind by birth.
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