According to Red Star News, Wang Ying is a totally blind girl in Jinghai District of Tianjin. At 4: 40 pm on January 19th, only ten minutes left before the registration system was closed, she finally successfully signed up for the Tianjin Teacher Qualification Examination (written test).
She suffered from congenital glaucoma and was blind at the age of ten. Unfortunately, she was completely blind. She finished primary school and junior high school in a school for the blind, and later taught herself the knowledge of ordinary senior high school and took the adult high school entrance examination. In January 2017, she obtained an undergraduate diploma in social work from the National Open University. In addition, she took part in the self-taught examination of Chinese language and literature major in Beijing Normal University, with a total of 20 or 30 courses and five subjects to be completed.
Wang Ying’s computer and mobile phone are equipped with voice software, and every step of operation will be prompted, so that she can skillfully use electronic equipment. The pictures in this article are all Red Star News WeChat WeChat official account pictures.
She loves literature and dreams of being a Chinese teacher in high school. Her mother also wants her to have a job. The registration, Jinghai District Education Bureau, considering her eyesight, did not agree at first, and she and her mother insisted on finally signing up. But after that, there are still many unknown steps, such as applying for blind papers, interviewing, physical examination …
"If I don’t have the opportunity to participate in the process, how can I know that the result is not acceptable?" Wang Ying is the first blind candidate in Tianjin to register since the teacher qualification examination was included in the national examination. Her plan is to follow the procedure step by step.
“You can’t always say that there is no precedent, you have to fight for it.. "Mom Wu Qingzhi hopes that Wang Ying can be such a" precedent ".
The teacher’s dream of blind girls
I started consulting four years ago and finally signed up this year.
From January 16th to 17: 00 on January 19th, this is the registration time of Tianjin National Primary and Secondary School Teacher Qualification Examination (written examination) in the first half of 2018, and the examination date is March 17th, 2018.
After the registration began, Wang Ying uploaded his own photos, and the audit results showed that the photos were unqualified.
Wang Ying’s registration failed many times, and the audit opinion showed that "the photo was unqualified". Finally, ten minutes before the registration deadline, he finally passed the audit and registered successfully.
On January 17th, Wang Ying and her mother went to the Education Bureau of Jinghai District for consultation. The staff of the Admissions Office said that because she was totally blind, she couldn’t register because she didn’t pass the physical examination. In fact, since 2014, their mother and daughter have been to the Education Bureau for consultation, and they will get such an answer every time.
She wants to apply for a high school Chinese teacher, which requires an undergraduate diploma to qualify. Before she finished her studies in the first few years, she just asked briefly, but now that she has an undergraduate diploma, she thinks she must sign up.
Wang Ying didn’t want to give up. She called Tianjin Education Admissions Examination Institute for consultation.
"It’s not that we restrict you. Even if you pass the written interview, you can’t get the teacher’s qualification certificate if you fail the physical examination. The final result is still the same." The staff of the examination institute answered her.
"This is different. Now it is a process. If I don’t have the opportunity to participate in the process, how can I know that the result is not possible?" Wang Ying said.
The staff of the examination institute consulted and still replied that she couldn’t: "First, we don’t have blind papers, and second, teachers don’t recruit blind people." And once again, I stressed that I can’t pass the physical examination and I can’t get the teacher qualification certificate.
The reporter obtained a schematic diagram of the work flow of Tianjin teacher qualification certification in 2017. According to this process, Wang Ying will face many tests next.
Wang Ying went on to reply that the examination papers or physical examinations for the blind are all things in the future and can’t be stuck in advance. "I just signed up and talked about it later."
"If you can’t take the test then, why do you sign up?" The staff asked.
"That’s the next step. Even if I can’t take the test then, it’s my personal reason." Wang Ying replied.
At 2 o’clock in the afternoon on the 19th, Wang Ying and her mother came to the Education Bureau of Jinghai District again and continued to strive for registration. At 4: 40, there were only ten minutes left before the registration system was closed. After reporting to the superior, the relevant staff of Jinghai District Education Bureau finally signed up Wang Ying.
"I have been grinding there and fighting for opportunities." Mother Wu Qingzhi recalled the situation at that time and breathed a sigh of relief.
There is no restriction on blind people in the application conditions.
The application materials for Braille papers or electronic papers have been mailed out.
Is Wang Ying qualified to register for the teacher qualification examination?
On the China Education Examination website, the reporter found the Announcement of Tianjin National Primary and Secondary School Teachers’ Qualification Examination (Written Examination) in the First Half of 2018, in which nine items were listed in the "Entry Conditions", which stipulated the qualifications, domicile, personnel relationship and other conditions, but did not put forward any related requirements such as prohibiting blind people from entering the examination.
Rui Huang, a lawyer of Henan Zhanzhan Law Firm, told Red Star News that Article 4 of the Regulations on Employment of Disabled Persons stipulates that the state encourages social organizations and individuals to help and support the employment of disabled persons through various channels and forms, and encourages disabled persons to obtain employment through various forms such as job application. Discrimination against disabled people in employment is prohibited, and disabled people should improve their own quality and enhance their employability.
"The regulations prohibit discrimination against disabled people in employment. If blind people are excluded from taking the teacher qualification examination without legal reasons, it is naked discrimination." Rui Huang said.
Successful registration is the first breakthrough, and then Wang Ying will start to plan the examination paper.
The examination time is March 17th, which is less than two months, and there is a Spring Festival holiday in the middle. After consulting lawyer Rui Huang, Wang Ying began to prepare materials quickly and wrote two applications, "one is to apply for an electronic test paper, and the other is to apply for special convenience." She told Red Star News that the application would be printed out after it was written and sent to the examination center of the Ministry of Education.
Wang Ying wrote the application.
It is understood that there are several ways for blind people to take exams: Braille papers, electronic papers or manual reading. On the afternoon of January 24th, Wang Ying and her mother printed the Application Form for Government Information Disclosure and other materials, and mailed them to the Ministry of Education, the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education, the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission and other departments at the post office to apply for Braille papers or electronic papers.
For the next steps, Wang Ying can’t think so far now. What she cares about now is the examination paper. Lawyer Rui Huang introduced that Article 54 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons stipulates that all kinds of entrance examinations, vocational qualification examinations and post-holding examinations held by the state, in which blind people take part, should provide blind people with braille papers and electronic papers or be assisted by specialized staff.
Director of admissions
It is necessary to build a "blind road" and introduce special policies for special groups.
A staff member of Tianjin Education Admissions Examination Institute told Red Star News that in the second half of 2016, the teacher qualification examination was changed from the provincial examination to the national examination. After the national examination, the examination institute began to undertake related work, and Wang Ying was the first blind person to register.
"There should be more appeals and special measures should be taken for this special group." A director of the Admissions Office of the Education Bureau of Jinghai District, surnamed Liu, told Red Star News that at first, they thought that Wang Ying’s physical examination would definitely be a hard time, so they didn’t let her apply. Later, they saw that she really insisted. After asking the Tianjin Education Admissions Examination Institute, they agreed, and then they only said it step by step.
Director Liu introduced that there were also blind candidates who wanted to sign up for the teacher qualification examination before, but they were all discouraged because there were still vacancies in this area. "Just like blind people walking, let them go blind, but only if there is a blind road. If you let them walk on the normal road, they will definitely bump into each other and often violate traffic rules. "
Director Liu believes that this is not only a problem in Jinghai District or Tianjin. It is necessary to appeal to relevant departments to introduce special policies for special groups, because there are a series of procedures such as interview, physical examination and qualification recognition after the written test. "It is like building a blind road for them, and it will be unimpeded. If they are allowed to squeeze in ordinary people, they will be hit harder in the future."
Wang Ying reads books in Braille.
Executive Vice Chairman of China Blind Association
Disabled people are eligible to take the national examination, but there are many difficulties in practice.
Li Qingzhong, executive vice chairman of the China Association for the Blind, told Red Star News that there have been many successful cases of blind or visually impaired people becoming teachers at home and abroad, and they also have unique value. "For example, if a blind child is disobedient, an ordinary teacher will criticize it. It may make him rebellious, and blind teachers are more able to confide."
According to Li Qingzhong, according to relevant laws and regulations, disabled people are eligible to take national examinations, including college entrance examination, judicial examination, civil service examination, teacher qualification examination, etc. However, there are many difficulties in actual operation in various places, and even if they pass the examination, the physical examination standard is a great obstacle for them.
In the Education Bureau of Jinghai District, the reporter saw a printed "Tianjin Teacher Qualification Examination Standard", which showed:
Apply for the qualification of kindergarten and primary school teachers, with reference to the relevant provisions of the "secondary normal school enrollment physical examination standards"; Apply for the qualification of junior middle school teachers and above, with reference to the relevant provisions of the "higher normal school enrollment physical examination standards". The former stipulates that the sum of corrected visual acuity of both eyes is less than 5.0, and the latter is that the corrected visual acuity of both eyes is less than 5.0.
According to this standard, those whose corrected visual acuity is less than 5.0 in both eyes cannot be admitted.
Present situation of blind teachers
Both schools for the blind and ordinary schools have blind teachers.
Li Qingzhong told Red Star News that there are blind teachers in ordinary schools and schools for the blind, mostly in schools for the blind. There is no official statistics on the number of these blind teachers. However, there are nearly 100 blind teachers in a "group of blind teachers in national schools for the blind" he added. "There may be some others that we don’t know." According to Li Qingzhong, there are about 30 specialized schools for the blind in China.
Li Qingzhong introduced that most of the blind teachers in ordinary schools are blind halfway, such as Yang Jia, a professor at the Graduate School of China Academy of Sciences, and Fu Minghui, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University. "They were blind when they were very young, and then they made great contributions and proved to be competent for that job."
The blind teachers in blind schools, in addition to being blind halfway through the teacher qualification, were also blind before teaching, but they went to work in advance and obtained the teacher qualification after they were sure to be competent.
Wang Ying’s reading machine, if she wants to read ordinary books, she needs to scan pages into an electronic version, then use software to identify the words on the electronic version of the picture, convert them into documents, copy the documents into the reading machine, and read them out by voice.
Lv Min is a blind teacher in Anqing Special Education School. He was completely blind at the age of 12 due to traumatic retinal detachment, and then he was selected to enter the school. "We didn’t implement the teacher qualification certificate until many years after we joined the work, so we are a natural transition."
Lv Min told Red Star News that two young blind teachers who entered the school more than ten years ago passed the examination and obtained the teacher qualification, but at that time, the school came forward to communicate and got the certificate according to special circumstances. "It is difficult to coordinate the implementation of the national unified examination now, which is not something that schools can do."
A teacher from Tianjin School for the Visually Impaired told Red Star News that there are more than 50 teachers in the school, most of whom have normal vision or slightly low vision. There is only one teacher who is totally blind, which came more than 20 years ago. "Maybe it was not so strict at that time." Now, basically only normal vision can come in.
Beijing school for the blind is also in a similar situation. A teacher of the school told Red Star News that there are no completely blind teachers in the school, and a few of them have low vision. "They are all of a certain age, and they also met the relevant conditions at that time. It is not clear how they obtained the teacher qualification certificate before." The teacher introduced that if you want to enter the school as a teacher through public recruitment, including entering the Beijing School for the Blind, you must have a teacher qualification certificate, otherwise you will not be able to work.
"Recently, our China Blind Association also communicated with the Ministry of Education through the China Disabled Persons’ Federation and other departments, and put forward several requirements in writing, such as providing blind papers in some exams." Li Qingzhong said, firstly, we should strive to promote the admission of blind people into the teaching staff, and secondly, we should promote the amendment of laws and regulations. If a series of standards are not changed, it will be difficult for blind people to become teachers now.
"Dreamcatcher" in the dark
Take down the pages of the textbook, scan it and convert it into "lectures"
Wang Ying’s online name is "Dream Chaser". For more than twenty years, she has been doggedly following her dreams.
After finishing junior high school, because there were no ordinary high school courses in blind schools, Wang Ying had to study acupuncture, massage and other majors again. She didn’t like it, so she chose to drop out of school, teach herself ordinary high school courses and read a lot of books on literature, history and philosophy.
Besides Braille books, she needs to read many ordinary textbooks or books, and this process is tedious.
Wang Ying reviewed the textbooks for the teacher qualification examination. The textbooks were dismantled and every page could be taken down.
She needs to tear down the pages of ordinary textbooks, scan them into picture format with a scanner, then identify the words on the pictures with software and convert them into documents, and then copy the documents into a reading machine and read them out by voice. Recently, her reading machine broke down and she listened to it on the computer. "Some words can’t be recognized, and you have to type them by hand. It’s hard." Mom Wu Qingzhi said.
Wang Ying studies at home every day. Her computer and mobile phone are equipped with voice software, and there will be voice prompts at every operation step. With such assistance, she can skillfully operate electronic equipment. She writes articles, sends photos in qq space, and sends friends with WeChat. She added some friends to WeChat and qq, entered some groups, and the text and expression voice software sent by the other party would be read.
"If you send a picture, you will be prompted to have a picture, but I don’t know what the picture is." Wang Ying said.
There is a thick stack of award certificates, and I like to develop the photos of my visit into a book.
Wang Ying has a thick stack of award certificates. She has a wide range of interests. When she was a child, she liked to participate in various competitions such as recitation, speech, hosting and cross talk. Later, she mainly focused on literature and published her works in newspapers and magazines.
Wang Ying and her honorary certificate.
In 2006, she won the silver medal in recitation in the fourth national children’s artistic style exhibition competition; In 2007, after domestic selection, she went to Russia with more than a dozen other youth representatives to participate in the performance of the Sino-Russian Cultural Exchange Year and won the title of "Art Angel of Sino-Russian Friendly Exchange"; In 2015, she won the first prize of the first National Prose Competition for the Blind, and participated in TV programs such as Good Chinese Poetry and Tang Poetry.
She likes to travel, sometimes accompanied by her mother and sometimes attending summer camps. She developed many photos of her visit and made them into photo albums.
Wang Ying’s visual memory of the world is very vague, and she only has a little impression of the moon. She also has no visual concept of various colors, but she can describe them by imagination.
"For example, pink is a dreamy and romantic feeling." Wang Ying said.
Original title: The blind girl successfully registered for the national examination of teacher qualification certificate, but the written test, interview and physical examination are all difficult problems.
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