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The Hindu
09-05-2025
- The Hindu
Computer-savvy visually impaired student scores 486 in Class 12 Board exams
Independent and confident — that's how M. Anand describes his feeling of having written the board exams. The first visually impaired student to write the State board Class 12 exams on a computer, Anand scored 486 out of 600. The 18-year-old from Sirkazhi said, 'I was scared of taking the exams on a laptop as my future was at stake, but after writing two exams, the fear subsided. It was great knowing that I could hit backspace on an answer to delete it. The doubt would always linger with a scribe.' A student of Government Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired in Poonamallee, Anand always loved computers. 'It was after the Class 10 exams that I decided to write the exams on a laptop and not use a scribe,' he recalled. Anand wants to become a professor and plans to pursue a B.A. in English. With the help of his parents and NGOs, he learned to type in Tamil and English on a laptop. He also used a laptop to write the Class 12 quarterly and half-yearly exams. The school approached the Welfare of the Differently-Abled Department seeking permission for him to continue the practice in public exams too. Anand wrote his board exams on a computer with a scribe reading out the questions.
New Indian Express
09-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Visually impaired student makes history by writing state board exams on computer, scores 486
CHENNAI: M Anand, the first visually impaired student to write the state board exams using a computer, scored an impressive 486 marks (out of 600) in the Class 12 exams, the results of which were declared on Thursday. Anand, a student of Government Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired in Poonamallee, now plans to pursue English literature at Madras Christian College, aspiring to become a professor. Writing the exam on a computer gave him the freedom to express himself better, he said. 'I was initially worried about the economics paper, as it involves several symbols that are hard to type. Thankfully, I was able to skip them by choosing alternative questions. Overall, with practice, using a computer is much easier than relying on a scribe,' Anand, a native of Sirkazhi, added. Before the boards, the School Education Department – based on a government order issued by the Department for the Welfare of the Differently Abled – had announced that Anand would be allowed to write the exams on a computer. The 17-year-old had been training on computers for the past three years for this. While students have previously used computers to take CBSE examinations, this was the first time in the state a visually impaired student had used computer for the Tamil Nadu State Board exams. Anand used NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA), a screen-reading software that enables visually impaired users to navigate and type independently. A scribe assisted him by reading out the questions, while Anand typed the answers himself.
