madurai they might not have sight to see the world but they certainly have vision they might have had a dark life but these visually impaired teachers in madurai district have lit several lives during their lifetime despite their disability they have created magic in the lives of hundreds of students who now hold good positions in the society the yesteryear students never forget their teachers as they cared to call their teachers and wish them best on teachers day on thursday i am happy today as many of my students who are occupying higher positions in several organisations and pursuing higher studies called me up to wish for teachers day said s paunthai a retired visually impaired government teacher who felt proud of her students paunthai 61 although retired from government service three years back did not stop her noble service she has been teaching visually impaired students in the school run by indian association for the blind iab in sundararajanpatti in madurai for paunthai teaching is not just a profession it is her life hobby and passion in her teaching profession she did not even have the time to think of her marriage and remained a spinster many of her students have achieved centum in mathematics and history which she used to teach said the proud teacher talking about the difference in teaching for the normal and visually impaired students a jinnah retired visually impaired government school teacher and founder of iab said that teaching normal students may not be difficult as they can easily understand the subject when explained with the aide of books and black boards whereas visually impaired students should be taught repeatedly so that they can retain it however there are visually impaired students who are equally competent to the normal students as exceptional he said a sermathai 64 another visually impaired school teacher who retired from government service six years back did not take after retiring she has been tirelessly working since her retirement with the visually impaired children in iab school i have received the best teacher award twice while i was working in the government school i am happy that i could guide several of my students to achieve centum in their subjects she also said like paunthai sermathai too did not think about her marriage and led her life for the benefit of the students