Six blind sitters in Shanghai for this year's nationwide college entrance examinations have gained entrance for university study, as their scores have passed the basic enrolment requirements, Eastday.com reported.
Five of them will take up four-year study at Shanghai Teachers' University (SHTU) and the other will take a three-year program at the same university.
Shanghai Disabled People Fund will donated 2,000-yuan (US$242) subsidy each year to the students to aid them complete the study, as most of them are from families of low income.
Last year, three students took the exams and all were admitted to SHTU.
Based on this experience, SHTU shows full confidence in the disabled students' capability of study, as its principle Yuan Jinxing said, "The students are as smart and diligent as normal students."
"Except they can't see very clearly, they are capable of achieving good study".
Nine blind students sat the exams this year.  They did so at the same time as other students in the city, according to the local examination authority.
The blind students had special test papers, however.
Two of the students who are totally sightless took the exams in Braille, while the other seven, with limited sight, had papers with enlarged characters.