THROUGHOUT his life, Thavasothy S. Mailvaganam Pillai, who was born blind, has not only been meeting expectations but exceeding them. The lecturer at a private college had to adapt to online teaching and learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order. “I had to learn how to use an online teaching and learning platform fast during the first MCO last year. He said his blindness was never an obstacle during his teaching days in secondary school and always strove to make the History lessons fun. Thavasothy, who was known to his students in secondary school as just Mr Thava, said he was looking forward to returning to college.

Source: The Star May 14, 2021 23:35 UTC