Letter: Because schools throughout the country, all will welcome 12th grade students from Thursday, the only South Gujarat School for Blindness has a special surprise for his senior students – 45 feet climbing walls.
Climbing walls are adventurous sports that are very difficult to try.
For people who are visual flaws, challenges become more frightening.
But the Andhajan Shikshan Mandal (ASM) student, a school for blind, in Diamond City will have the opportunity to try their hands on sports when the school authority has built a climbing wall in its place.
This is probably the only school for blind in this country to have a climbing wall itself.
“This is a surprise for our students who will return to school after the long covid gap induced at home.
They will get an unprecedented experience,” said Manha Gajjar, the principal.
Zeel Rathod, a 12th grade student, all charged to try climbing walls when school reopened on Thursday.
“I want to learn to climb and enjoy sports.
Our school is open when the climbing wall construction work starts.
Now, I’m desperate for school to reopen so I can try my hand on the wall,” Zeel said, a resident of Ahmedabad.
“I think this is a good initiative by our school to prove that people who are visual flaws can do anything,” he added.
ASM who runs schools for blind students from grade 1 to 12 have installed 45 feet climbing walls for their students.
The wall was developed at a cost of Rs 14 Lakh which Rs 11.50 lakh has been contributed by Navsari MP C R Paatil from the grant.
Climbing walls in schools for blindness may surprise a lot but responses from school students are both surprising.
“Someone will be afraid of heights if he can see but for us our disability is an advantage as far as climbing is concerned.
I am not afraid of heights because I can’t see and I enjoy the climbing of the wall.
I waited for school to start so I could learn to climb,” Abhay said Hadiya, a 12th grade student.
“In the past our students have enjoyed the wall climbing event and since then I planned to install the climbing wall.
We proposed this to CR Paatil and he agreed to give money from his grant,” Anand Chokhawala said , Chokhawala, (81) A fan of adventure, tried to climb on the wall recently to examine it.
“This will provide an adventure experience to our students.
We will also allow students from other schools to use the wall,” Chokhawala added.
The school has 120 boys and 50 women.
It was founded by Gordhandas Chokhawala in 1954 and it was the only school for blind in South Gujarat.