FIRST TIME IN PAKISTAN <br />Aziz Jehan Begum Trust for the Blind brought about the following revolutionary changes in the training and education of the Blind for the first time in Pakistan. <br />1 – English Medium: AJBTrust Institute for the Blind is the only educational Institute for the blind where English is the medium of Instruction keeping in mind that computer literacy, books and other material throughout the world is available only in English. <br />2 -Faculty: The only educational Institute where every member of the faculty should possess a Master’s degree and after successful completion of an intensive training programme of three months in English, Urdu, Mathematics Braille and Orientation and Mobility are confirmed in service. <br />3 -General Science Group: The only Institute for the blind in Pakistan where General Science (Science, Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry) is compulsory. <br />4 -Computer Studies: Computer Science is an elective subject in Matriculation Examination but it is compulsory here. Computer Science is taught to the students in this Institute since 1997, appearing in it in the Matriculation Examination since 2001. Ours are the only students in Pakistan who appeared in Computer Science in the Matriculation Examination since April 2001 and have always secured First Division results. <br />5 -Self Reliance: At the special request of AJBTrust, the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education allowed the option of Braille to blind students in 1999 and University of The Punjab in 2003. It is only our students in Pakistan who are capable of writing examination papers in Braille or on Computer. <br />6 -100 % Braille proficiency: The only Institute for the blind in Pakistan where all teachers are proficient in English, Urdu and Mathematics Braille. Consequently, all our students without exception are also proficient in Braille. All tests and examination papers from class 4 onwards up to Matriculation are in Braille. <br />7 -Braille Dictionary: Exclusively developed and prepared by Aziz Jehan Begum Trust is The only English-Urdu Braille Dictionary in the world used by our students and also by some other institutions to whom it was gifted by us. <br />8 -Braille Translation: In 1996 the Trust started Braille transcription of textbooks, some classic novels, English story and poetry books. This is a continuous process. <br />9 -Braille Graphics: The only Institute for the blind in Pakistan which adds Braille Graphics to its Braille books, – an extra ordinary achievement in the history of Pakistan <br />10 -Perkins Braillers: The only Institute for the blind in Pakistan where every student from class 5 onwards is provided a Perkins Brailler, – an expensive machine <br />11 -Equipment for the Blind: The only Institute for the blind in Pakistan has such a large range of specialised equipment of assistive technology which no other Institution, School, Organization or Association has.
