An 100-Level student by name Precious Mbajiorgu, of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has narrated how she got blind solving mathematics in school.
She made this known to PUNCH in an interview.
My name is Precious Mbajiorgu. I am from Oborisiala in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. I am 28 years old. I am currently a 100-level student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
The 28-old lady who was recently honoured by West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for being the best physically challenged student in 2022 stated that she wasn’t born blind.
“I was not born blind. I used to see perfectly when I was a child until I turned 11. It happened between 2007 and 2008, but I cannot remember the exact day. I just went to school that fateful day. Back then, I was a pupil at Awada Primary School, Obosi, near Onitsha. It was in that school that I became visually impaired. My classmates and I were in the classroom solving mathematics on the board. I had answered the first maths question and was about to go to the next question when suddenly, I discovered that I could not see the board anymore and could no longer see other things. Everywhere became dark.
Ms Mbajiorgu said that she had never “feel any symptoms or pain in my eyes. It was like a mystery that I have yet to understand to date.”.
She added that “I called the attention of my class teacher and when she came, she said something might have entered my eyes. She helped me wash my eyes with water while my other classmates were just there waiting for me to open my eyes and see again, but I could not see anymore.
“I visited many hospitals, and after diagnosis, the doctors told me that there was nothing wrong with my sight and that they did not see any defect, yet I could not see with my eyes. That was how I managed the situation till I got to SS2 in 2012 and could not go further. So, I stopped going to school until 2018 when a group of evangelists came to my place and told me about Oji River Special Education Centre. They took me there where I took remedial courses using learning equipment such as typewriters and other technological tools and after that, I enrolled at St John of God Secondary School in Awka where I started from SS1 to complete my secondary education.”
