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THE mother of 16-year-old Abby Lincoln, who was born with 95 per cent deafness, is pleading with government to assist in her educational development by providing her with a sign language interpreter so she can resume classes at Toco Secondary School (TSS).

In January, Newsday published a story to highlight Lincoln's difficulty to access education as she was unable to attend school since September due to the Education Ministry not assigning her an interpreter.

After the story was published, then education minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly intervened and the teen was assigned an interpreter. However, this interpreter's tenure was on a contract for a period of three months.