Srishti's right hand does not move due to cerebral palsy, her right eye and leg are also weak, her speech is not clear, her left hand also moves slowly but she continues to write SEE without losing courage.
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Not to panic. First read the question and then write the answers. If it becomes difficult, I will talk to Sir-Madam.'' Father Lokraj dares Srishti Acharya every day before entering the examination center. Srishti, who has a disability ID card hanging around her neck, nods her head and indicates 'yes'.
Srishti's right hand does not move due to cerebral palsy. Right eye, leg is also weak. Speech is not clear due to paralysis. She writes with her left hand. The left arm is also slow due to a fracture two years ago. She is giving exams due to physical disability.
Center for Secondary Education Examination (SEE) is at Kanya Mavima in Pokhara-3 Nadipur. On the day of the Lokraj exam, the daughter's mother arrives on a scooter from Pokhara Metropolitan City-11 Kahun and encourages her daughter.
There are four students with cerebral palsy participating in this year's SEE in Kaski. Srishti is the only student who takes the exam without help. "We couldn't hire a helper because we couldn't understand what was being said," Lokraj said, "My daughter wrote it by herself. When the time was not enough for three hours, I went to the Federation of Disabled Persons, Education Development and wrote a letter." Before going to the hostel, she handed over a paper to her father. Phone number in it was written which Srishti discovered from Google. That number belonged to Khomraj Sharma, president of the National Handicapped Federation of Gandaki. Srishti searched for Sharma's number as she needed more time for the exam.
Lokraj called on the same number. Chairman Sharma met him with Loknath Acharya, Head of Education Development and Coordination Unit, Kaski. Lokraj asked the education chief, 'My daughter has cerebral palsy. I can't write fast because my hand doesn't move well. He had to be given more time. The head of education was ready to give approval.
Srishti's left arm was broken after falling two years ago. Therefore, the hand used to write moves very slowly. Lokraj met the head of education again with Srishti's disability identity card, request letter from Pang Federation, X-ray report. After the head of education approved the letter, he went to Srishti's examination center. The head of the examination center extended the time by one and a half hours when the head of education also asked for facilitation.
Kalika Mavi's student Srishti Kanya has been writing SEE since March 7 in Mavi. The exam is held from 8 AM to 11 AM. Srishti is kept in a room with other students for three hours. After the other students left, two people with physical disabilities were kept in a separate room to take the exam.
While Srishti is giving the exam, father Lokraj is waiting at the gate. They slow down at Ghari Chautari, they stand near the Ghari gate, they reach across the school to the tea shop. All his hostel friends leave at 11 o'clock after the exam. I will put him on the scooter and take him to the hostel and go home," said Lokraj.
Lokraj was sitting by the gate on Tuesday when Srishti's exam was over. Srishti did not dare to come down from the second floor. At once she looked up at her father. Lokraj saw. He ran to get Srishti. Lokraj asked, 'How did we do?' Srishti showed the question paper and told that she had not asked a question. Lokraj reminded that 'nothing happens'. After this he took Srishti to the hostel and left.
Srishti is born with paralysis. After reaching the age of three, he was unable to speak and could not stand or walk, so his family took him to the Western Regional Hospital. At that time, the doctor said that he was paralyzed.
The family kept going to the hospital, sometimes to the clinic for physiotherapy, hoping that Srishti would get better. Since Lokraj was abroad, mother Dhanmaya used to bring Srishti for physiotherapy every day. Gradually, Srishti was able to walk in the footsteps of others. Then she started going to school. Passed all classes regularly. Srishti used to faint in class. Two years ago, she fainted while giving an internal exam. Lokraj reached the school scared. Srishti's consciousness was restored after being taken to the hospital. Srishti has not lost courage amid many hardships. Father Lokraj's happiness knows no bounds when Srishti is giving SEE.
Srishti is the youngest of Lokraj's five children. Srishti has one brother in Japan and two brothers in Pokhara. Didi is a dental nurse in Kathmandu. They have no physical disabilities. The family also supported the younger daughter's desire to study. Sometimes father, sometimes mother carry her bag and take her to school. Srishti has studied economics and computer as optional subjects.
His teacher is also impressed by Srishti's passion for reading. Yuvraj Acharya, principal of Kalika Mavi, said Srishti regularly attends the school. He told that Srishti wants to study class 11-12 as well.
This year, 33 people from Kaski, including Srishti with disabilities, participated in the SEE, said Loknath Acharya, Head of Education Development and Coordination Unit, Kaski. According to him, there are 20 people who are hearing impaired, 9 people who are blind, 4 people who have mental paralysis and physical disabilities that do not move their hands properly. In Kaski this year 11 thousand 37 students are participating in SEE.
