Games for disabled opened

Games for disabled opened

SURABAYA: Despite their physical and mental disabilities, 240
students of schools for the disabled and rehabilitation centers
turned up on Monday for the National Games and Arts for the
disabled.

The students will be competing against each other in academic,
arts and sporting fields during the event, which will conclude on
Thursday.

Blind students will compete in the social sciences, deaf
students will compete in sign language and students with other
physical disabilities will take part in a math competition.

The sports and arts segment will feature a singing contest for
the blind, table tennis for the deaf, 100-meter sprint and
painting contest for mentally retarded students and poetry
reading for students with physical disabilities.

An exhibition of the art works of the students will also held
during the event.

Minister of National Education Abdul Malik Fadjar opened the
event in a ceremony organized by the students. Rizki W of the
Semolowaru rehabilitation center led the ceremony, while deaf
student Rizki Noorilawati read out the students' pledge written
in Braille. -- Antara