Article: Blind students given normal textbooks

[rpm]

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[rpm]

Education authorities have defended the distribution of conventional books to a Limpopo school for the blind.

Such books were meant for use by pupils with low vision, said basic education spokeswoman Hope Mokgatlhe on Wednesday.

 

[Pooky]

I know at University there are a number of students who can use normal textbooks but need assistance getting around because of low vision; so it is plausible.

 

[FrankCastle]

And the braille books were given to the kids with normal sight.

" look Sipho we got 3D books "

 

[Hemi300c]

Education authorities have defended the distribution of conventional books to a Limpopo school for the blind.

Such books were meant for use by pupils with low vision, said basic education spokeswoman Hope Mokgatlhe on Wednesday.

And distributed by an organisation with low IQ!

 

[blunomore]

This is what we call optimistic.

 

[grok]

SA politics 2011/2012 can be summed up in 2 words - toilets & schoolbooks.

 

[(@) (@) twister]

Well, to be fair. With the current state of education. Normal textbooks probably imply books written in unusually large text and many pictures...