Wednesday 18th July, 2018
Ho, July 18, GNA – Visually impaired students
of Mawuli School have appealed to government to provide teaching and learning
materials to help them pass their West African Senior Secondary Certificate
Examination (WASSCE).
The students, who are beneficiaries of
government’s Free Senior High School policy said though books were freely given
to all beneficiaries, visual
By
Sumaiya Salifu Saeed, GNA
Ho, July 18, GNA – Visually impaired students
of Mawuli School have appealed to government to provide teaching and learning
materials to help them pass their West African Senior Secondary Certificate
Examination (WASSCE).
The students, who are beneficiaries of
government’s Free Senior High School policy said though books were freely given
to all beneficiaries, visually impaired students were exempted.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency
(GNA), the students said it would be difficult for them to write and pass the
same examination with others without learning materials and appealed for
assistance.
They appealed for braille embossers so they
could scan and print into braille format books of choice.
The GNA was told that resource persons in the
School type all examination questions and other books manually on an old
braille machine, which affect effective teaching and learning.
Mr Eric Ofori, National Coordinator, New
Horizon Foundation for the Blind, in an interaction with the students on the
Marrakesh Treaty ratified by Ghana, encouraged the students to endeavour to
excel.
The Marrakesh Treaty seeks to allow millions
of people who are blind or visually impaired access to books and documents in
accessible formats.
GNA