![G.V. Oviya, a visually chal-
lenged student of Yuvabha-
rathi Public School in So-
mayampalayam, Coim-
batore, is the first student
from Tamil Nadu to have
used a laptop with a screen
reading software for writing
the CBSE Class XII board ex-
ams.
She scored 91.4% (457/
500). This is not the first
time Oviya has done this.
She was in the news two
years ago for being the only
person to have written the
exams online using a screen
reader when she was in
Class X.
She now wants to pursue
a Bachelors degree in Com-
merce, and has applied for
the same in colleges in Chen-
nai and Coimbatore. “I want
to write the civil services ex-
am,” she said. Her father A.
Vijayaraj and mother M. Go-
kila said the school gave spe-
cial attention to her and
even provided an attender to
help her on campus.
Like Oviya, Angelin Lipika
E.J. from The Packianath Pu-
blic School, Kanniyakumari,
has cleared her CBSE Class X
exams, scoring 371/500. Her
father T.K. Edwin Jose said
Lipika lost her vision when
she was one-and-a-half years
old. In 2019, she was taken
to Aravind Eye Hospital in
Madurai, where she was pro-
vided training in typing and
screen reading. “When we
were at the hospital, we
heard about Oviya and im-
mediately connected [with
her] to understand how she
wrote the exams two years
ago. Lipika’s school was also
very supportive,” Mr. Jose
said.
Currently, Lipika is learn-
ing to work on Microsoft Ex-
cel and PowerPoint. She in-
tends to choose the
Commerce group in Class
XI.
The fathers of both the
girls said the government
should encourage and help
more visually challenged
students to take exams on-
line at the school and college
level.
Screen readers to the rescue
of visually impaired students
Oviya is first T.N. student to use device for Class XII exams
Sangeetha Kandavel
CHENNAI
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- 1. G.V. Oviya, a visually chal- lenged student of Yuvabha- rathi Public School in So- mayampalayam, Coim- batore, is the first student from Tamil Nadu to have used a laptop with a screen reading software for writing the CBSE Class XII board ex- ams. She scored 91.4% (457/ 500). This is not the first time Oviya has done this. She was in the news two years ago for being the only person to have written the exams online using a screen reader when she was in Class X. She now wants to pursue a Bachelors degree in Com- merce, and has applied for the same in colleges in Chen- nai and Coimbatore. “I want to write the civil services ex- am,” she said. Her father A. Vijayaraj and mother M. Go- kila said the school gave spe- cial attention to her and even provided an attender to help her on campus. Like Oviya, Angelin Lipika E.J. from The Packianath Pu- blic School, Kanniyakumari, has cleared her CBSE Class X exams, scoring 371/500. Her father T.K. Edwin Jose said Lipika lost her vision when she was one-and-a-half years old. In 2019, she was taken to Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, where she was pro- vided training in typing and screen reading. “When we were at the hospital, we heard about Oviya and im- mediately connected [with her] to understand how she wrote the exams two years ago. Lipika’s school was also very supportive,” Mr. Jose said. Currently, Lipika is learn- ing to work on Microsoft Ex- cel and PowerPoint. She in- tends to choose the Commerce group in Class XI. The fathers of both the girls said the government should encourage and help more visually challenged students to take exams on- line at the school and college level. Screen readers to the rescue of visually impaired students Oviya is first T.N. student to use device for Class XII exams Sangeetha Kandavel CHENNAI G.V. Oviya