A 26-year-old lady living with cerebral palsy is appealing to Universities in Ghana and abroad to give her a chance to university education.
Ms Nora Nuerkie Dawoo, completed Senior High School (SHS) in
2018 but she said she was failed by the West African Examination Council (WEAC)
because of her handwriting.
She said: “My condition cerebral palsy makes it very
difficult for me to write and when I do, it is not legible for someone to read.”
“When I was writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination
(BECE) an exemption was applied for me by a special education teacher in the school,
so I was given extra time and all the tools I needed to write the exams,
however, when I was writing the SHS examination I was registered as a regular
student.”
Ms Dawoo told the Special Mothers Project that she
is intelligent and can make it
“I am always home, I am unable to even go out, but I know I
have the potential to succeed, and I do not want my condition to limit me,” she
said.
Ms Dawoo said her father died when she was in SHS form Two
and since then life has been a bit more tough for her in terms of finances,
calling on government, corporate organisations and philanthropists to support
her to make her dream come true.
She speaks good English; she can type on her phone and use apps.
Madam Lizzy Sowah, mother of Ms Dawoo, said her daughter was
a fighter and believes she will succeed given the needed support.
She recalled that during her time in SHS, her classmates use
to physically carry her to and from school every day, “her classmates really
helped her to improve and gave her great company.”
“Now she is always in the room crying, she doesn’t even come
out and it is not helping her at all,” she added.
Madam Sowah said her daughter is intelligent and called on
government and the Universities to give her a chance to further her education.
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