Contact details: Saint Michael's School For The Blind
Old H.B. Road, Post Box No.1
Ranchi
Jharkand
Delhi
All India Confederation of the Blind
Facilities:
Coeducational school
Education is provided upto 8th standard. After which,
students are mainstreamed in regular schools.
Affiliated to Department of Education, Haryana
Hostel facility is provided at Village Behrampur,
down Jaipur road at Delhi-Jaipiur highway
Vocational training in short hand in Braille,computers
aide by Jaws software
Contact details: Mr. J.L.Kaul / Mr. R.C. Nijhawan
Honorary Secretary General
All India Confederation of the Blind
Sector V, Rohini
Delhi 110085
Phone: +91-11-27054082
E-mail: aicbdelhi@yahoo.com
School for Boys only with a capcity for 50 children
Hostel facility
Vocational training viz: music, candle making, recanning
of chair, duster making
Education upto 7th standard
Contact details: Mr. M.L.Gupta,
Principal, Bharat Blind Technical Welfare Society,
K-II, Near Central Market,
Madangir
New Delhi 110062.
Phone: +91-11-29955820
Dr. Puttaraja Gavaigalavar Blind Education Society
Facilities:
Residential School the blind
Contact details: Gadag 582101, Karnataka
Kerala
Helen Keller Centenary Memorial Model School for the
Blind
Facilities:
Classes from 1st to 7th standard
Coeducational school with hostel facility
Recognised by State Education Department
Fees: Free
Contact details: Helen Keller Centenary
Memorial Model School for the Blind, Karimpuzha,
Sreekrishnapuram (via),
District Palakkad 679513, Kerala.
Phone: +91-466-2266303
School is affiliated to Board of Secondary Education,
Kerala
Fees: Free
Special services available at the Academy include
– Curriculum books in Braille and Scholarships
Contact details:
Vallikkappatta (PO)
Via Mankada
Malappuram District 679324
Kerala
Phone: +91-4933-240064
Kerala School for the Deaf - Blind
Facilities:
Coeducational school with hostel facility
Fees: Free
Louis Braille Memorial Model School for the Blind
Facilities:
Coeducational school with hostel facility
Classes from 1st std. to 7th std.
Recognised by State Education Department
Fees: Free
Contact details:
Louis Braille Memorial Model School for the Blind,
Kudayathur, Thodupuzha (via),
District Idukki, Kerala 685590.
Phone: +91-486-2253472
Contact details: Mrs. S.A. Kasote, Director-cum-Executive
Secretary,
Comprehensive Rural Development Project,
P.O. Karanji, Tal – Pathardi
District Ahmednagar 414006,
Maharashtra.
Phone: +91-2428-248023
E-mail: akasote@rediffmail.com
Dr. Narendra Bhiwapurkar Andha Vidyalaya
Classes up to 7th standard. For higher studies, children
are recommended to Integrated Education Programme in regular schools
Coeducational school with hostel facility
The school is recognised by State Government. Integrated
Education Programme is affiliated to Maharashtra State School Secondary
Board, Amravati.
Fees : Free
The school provides curriculum books in Braille, Talking
books, computer teaching with software like JAWS, and scholarship etc.
Facilities:
Braille Library for School
Contact details:
Sh. S. V. Pokale, Principal
Dr. Narendra Bhiwapurkar Andha Vidyalaya
Near Jail Quarters Camp
Amravati 444602, Maharashtra
Phone: 2662572
Eligibility: children from the ages 2.5 to 5 years
The nursery admits students from all part of India
Education covers - reading skills in Braille, basic
number calculations, music, handicrafts and simple pottery
The nursery aims at imparting basic skills in reading
and handling daily tasks, cultivating physical dexterity and readying
students for school and further education
After a period of two to three years children are
sent to either schools of the blind or integrated education programs
Contact details: Nab Mata Lachmi Nursery
for the Blind,
218, East Sion Road,
Sion, Mumbai 400022.
Phone:+91-22-409-5170
Smt. Kamla Mehta Dadar School for the Blind
Facilities:
School for blind girls with hostel facility
Education is from Preparatory to Std VII
Contact details: Mrs. Shyama Chavan, Principal,
Smt. Kamla Mehta Dadar School for the Blind,
160, Dadasaheb Phalke Road,
Dadar (W),
Mumbai 400014.
Phone : +91-22-2418-3144
Fax: +91-22-2411-4146
The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind
Facilities:
Education for blind boys only with hostel facility
Contact details:
The Victoria Memorial School For The Blind,
Tardeo Road,
Mumbai 400034.
Phone: +91-22-494-423
Louise Braille Vocational Training Centre for the Sightless
(LBVTCS)
Facilities:
Hostel facility: Yes
Braille library facility
Vocational training is also provided
Contact details: Mr. B.K.Rath,
Honorary Development Officer,
LBVTCS
At Ambapua, PO Berhampur,
Ganjam 760010, Orissa
Phone: +91-680-2404160
Red Cross School for the Blind
Classes up to X std.
Coeducational school with hostel facility
School is affiliated to Board of Secondary Education, Orissa
Fees : Free
Provides scholarships, curriculum text book in Braille.
School provides curriculum books in Braille. Also runs a Braille Printing
Press.
Facilities:
Hostel facility: Yes
Braille library facility
Contact details: Dr. K.S.N.Rao, Hon. Secretary
Red Cross School for the Blind
At Ambapua, PO Berhampur
Ganjam 760010
Orissa
Phone: +91-680-2404038
(office): Manager
Braille Press
Red Cross School for the Blind
City Hospital Road
Berhampur
Ganjam
Orissa 760001
Phone : +91–0680–2223455 or +91–0680-2260842
The Maheshwari School for the blind [New]
Facilities:
Co-educational school with separate hostel facility for boys & girls.
Admission starts every year in the month of June.
Classes from 1 st to 10 th standard.
School is affiliated to Karnataka Secondary Education Board, Bangalore.
ocational and Computer training in different levels are provided.
Nab phiroze and noshir Merwanji rehabilitation centre
for the blind
Facilities:
Classes from 1st to 7th standard
Coeducational school with hostel facility
School is affiliated to Department of Education,
Government of Rajasthan
Fees: Free
Rehabilitation and vocation training in different
trades is provided here
Contact details: Vimal Kumar
Dengla Principal
P and N.M. Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind
East View
Coomie P.Merwanji Marg
Mount Abu
Rajastan 307501
Phone : +91–02974-235181
Tamilnadu
Little Flower Convent Higher Secondary School for the
Blind
Facilities:
School for the blind and low vision from preparatoty
to std XII
Visually impaired girls who complete XII are given
training in Braille stenography for 1 year
The school is aided by the Government of Tamil Nadu
and functions under the Social Welfare Department
The facilities provided to students include walkman,
tape recorders and taped lessons and readers. Scribes assist students
to prepare and write for their exams. Braille instructors give slow
learners special help after class hours
Other programmes include the once-a-week session
for parents of day scholars to help their children at home
Vocal music and instrumental music(violin, piano,
flute, tabla and clarinet) are also taught
For children below 7 years who are legally blind
with hostel facility
Admission every year in July, with an interview
The institute is recognised by the Department of
Education, Government of U.P. to impart education from Nursery to class
V
The medium of instruction is Hindi. The prescribed
syllabus of the U.P. Board of Education is followed in the school. From
Class VI to XII, the integrated system of education is followed
Contact details: Sister Jyotika, Director,
Jeevan Jyoti School for the Blind,
Aktha P.O. Sarnath,
Varanasi 221007, Uttar Pradesh.
Phone: +91-542-2585151
E-mail: jeevanjyotischool@hotmail.com
Sri Hanuman Prasad Poddar Andh Vidyalaya
Facilities:
Classes from K.G. to 12th standard
School for blind boys only, with hostel facility
School is affiliated to U.P.Board
Fees: Free
Special services available at the school include
–Books in Braille, Talking books, Computer teaching with JAWS
software.
West Bengal
Calcutta Blind School
Contact details: Mr. Ashok Chowdhary,
Calcutta Blind School, Behala,
Kolkata 700 034, West Bengal
Phone: +91-33-468-1335/4549(O)
Lighthouse for the Blind
Facilities:
Coeducational school with hostel facility
Pre-school education to students aged 5-7 years
For the age group of 8 and onwards, a special ungraded
class is introduced
Fees: Free
Medium of instruction is Bengali
Affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
Contact details: Dr. Purnendu Jha, President,
Light House for the Blind
174, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road,
Kolkata 700026.
Phone: +91-33-24664227, 24666247
E-mail: lhfb@vsnl.net
Contact details:
Louis Braille Memorial School for the Sightless,
Birla Road, P.O. Makhla,
Hooghly 71224,
West Bengal.
Naihati Apex Blind School
Facilities:
Coeducational school with hostel facility
Middle school (6th to 9th)
Sponsored by Government of West Bengal
Fees: Free
Contact details: Mr. S.K.Bhowmick, Secretary,
Naihati Apex Blind School,
At-Rajendrapur,
Post Madarpur, Via-Garifa,
District North 24 Parganas,
West Bengal 743166.
Phone: +91- 33-25811374
Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys’ Academy
Facilities:
School for boys only with hostel facility
Education upto Class X
Affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
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