Hyderabad: All 8 visually-impaired students perform well

Hyderabad: All the eight students who took the Class 10 exams from the Nalgonda School for the Blind passed the exam on Monday, and have secured more than 8 CGPA.

M. Sruthi, M. Mamatha, G. Swetha and N. Madhu scored 8.5,  and S. Ranjith Kumar 8.3, B. Sravani, M. Vinay, and K. Gopi  8.2 CGPA. In the city, Ruthwik Ram, a visually-challenged student from Slate The School, Abids, scored 9.5 CGPA. He took the exam with the help of a scribe from Class 9.

Ruthwik is 100 per cent blind since birth due to a genetic defect and his younger brother who is in Class iX also has the same problem.