KARACHI:
As ninth-graders at a government school in Lyari scrambled to their seats with
their pens and answer books to give their board exam, 15-year old Abdul Baqi
lied on his side at a table, holding a pen with both hands, solving questions
as fast as he could.
The
severely disabled child had arrived in a pram to give his exam. He was too
small for his age, his limbs were twisted and his spinal chord had not
developed properly. Hence, he had trouble controlling his movements.
Yet,
his moral was high, and despite missing out five years from his studies he had
managed to cope up, his father said. “Now he even gives tuitions to grade six
students who arrive every day at our house,” he said.
“He
is very smart, he can read the Quran and I hope he can achieve all that he
dreams of,” said his proud father, waiting outside the exam centre. Inside,
Baqi wrote frantically. “I want to be a software engineer when I grow up,
Children gathered around him as exam ended. Perhaps because they had never seen
anyone like him before. Or perhaps because he had motivated him to study
harder. And more importantly dream big.
very intelligent child. In the 30 minute multiple choice answer
part, most children left out two to three questions.
But Baqi attempted all 10 in the time span.” It was disheartening to
know that the board administration had done absolutely nothing to
ease his plight. Providing him with a writer, who could pen down
his thought, could have been the least they could have done.
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