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| Sunday, 17 March 2002 |
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Lack of facilities hamper deaf and blind students by VIMUKTHI FERNANDO The Ceylon School for the Deaf and the Blind is urgently in need of a Brail Printer and a Group Hearing System. At present, the sight and hearing impaired students find it extremely difficult to follow their studies due to lack of brail books and group hearing systems. These students follow the same syllabus as normal schoolchildren. A brail printer would be a great help for students sitting their G.C.E. O/L and A/L examinations, said the school sources. The school plans to print supplementary notes for both O/L and A/L examinations. At present, the students totally depend on what is 'heard' at their classrooms. It would cost Rs. 400,000 to import a brail printer from Sweden. The group hearing system facilitating 12 students costs Rs. 800,000. Altogether Rs. 1.2 million is required for these facilities and the school cannot afford to bear this amount. The school, established in 1912, has three branches located in Ratmalana and Jaffna. With over 500 resident students, it is considered as the largest of its kind in the world. Most students come from very poor families and depend entirely on school facilities. Although the school receives a monthly grant of Rs. 385 per student from the government, the total expense for a student exceeds Rs. 3,000 (three thousand). |
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