Next week, Pushpa Nagaraj will 1 for her 720th exam. But she won't be taking the exam for herself.
When Pushpa Nagaraj was 2 in Bangalore, the attractive high tech capital of India, her father lost his job after an injury, and the family suddenly found itself 3 . Her brother dropped out of school to take odd jobs - and Ms. Nagaraj 4 she'd have to as well.
Today, she has a 5 job at an IT firm. But she's never forgotten 6 it's like to have a question mark over her future. Since 2007, Ms. Nagarai has been a volunteer scribe (抄写员) 7 reading exams aloud and 8 answers for hundreds of students with disabilities, especially those with visual impairments.
Many 9 students "worry about the writing exam results and drop out," says Vijaya Sundararaman, a local educational expert, who helped Ms. Nagaraj begin volunteering. "And so, their education comes to an abrupt 10 , midway. "
11 about Ms. Nagaraj's volunteering has spread, and she now gets requests from people in Jaipur and the state of Sikkim, both located more than1000 miles from Bangalore. She's also created a network of 12 who help each other answer requests.
Ms. Nagaraj is keenly aware of ongoing 13 , chief of which is that every once in a while, she has to 14 requests from students to give them the answers during exams. Another challenge is to expand the circle of scribes. Despite these, she is very grateful for having the opportunity to help others. "I have no 15 . Actually, I feel very blessed" she says.
