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This section provides you with a list of special schools across India, the facilities they offer and their contact information:
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Ahmadi School for the Blind, Aligarh
All India Confederation of the Blind, Delhi
Calcutta Blind School, Kolkata
Comprehensive Rural Development Project, Ahmednagar
Dr. Narendra Bhiwapurkar Andha Vidyalaya, Amravati
Dr. Puttaraja Gavaigalavar Blind Education Society, Gadag
Government School for the Blind, Vadodra
Govt. Institute for the Blind Panipat
Happy Home and School for the Blind, Mumbai
Helen Keller Centenary Memorial Model School for the Blind, Pallakad
I.A.V.H. (Indian Association for the Visually Handicapped), Mumbai
Institution for the Blind, New Delhi
Institution for the Blind (Boarding), New Delhi
Jeevan Jyoti School for the Blind, Varanasi
JPM Senior Secondary School (Blind Relief Association), New Delhi
Lighthouse for the Blind, Kolkata
Little Flower Convent Higher Secondary School for the Blind, Chennai
Louis Braille Memorial Model School for the Blind, Thodupuzha
Louis Braille Memorial School for the Sightless, Hooghly
Louise Braille Vocational Training Centre for the Sightless (LBVTCS), Ganjam
Model School for the Visually Handicapped, Dehradun
Nab Mata Lachmi Nursery for the Blind, Mumbai
Nab phiroze and noshir Merwanji rehabilitation centre for the blind
Naihati Apex Blind School, 24 Paraganas
National Association for the Blind, New Delhi
Rahmaniya School for Handicapped, Calicut
Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys’ Academy, Kolkata
Rashtriya Virjanand Andhkanya Vidhyala, New Delhi
Rashtriya Virjanand Andhkanya Vidhyala, Delhi
Red Cross School for the Blind, Ganjam
Saint Michael's School for the Blind, Ranchi
School for the Blind, New Delhi
School for the Blind (The Kerala Blind School Society), Aluva
School and Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind, Betul
Sharp Memorial School for the Blind, Dehradun
Smt. Kamla Mehta Dadar School for the Blind, Mumbai
The Maheshwari School for the Blind [New]
Taramati Bafna Blind School, Aurangabad
The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind, Mumbai
Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre for Blind / Disabled, Ludhiana
Facilities:
- Separate hostel facility for boys and girls
- Affiliated with Aligarh Muslim University
- Braille library, with books on Maths, Science, English, History, etc.
- Computer training
- Vocational training is also provided
- Scholarships are awarded to meritorious students
Contact details:
Dr. Abdul Gaffar Khan
Ahmadi School for the Blind
Aligarh Muslim University,
Chattari Compound,
Rasalganj,
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
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
Facilities:
- Hostel facility
- Education is from Preparatory to Std VII
Contact details:
Sh. Sudhakar Kadu, Head Master
Anand Andh Vidhyalaya, Anandwan,
Taluka Warora,
District Chandrapur 442914
other address:
Nagpur
Phone: +91-7176-282034
Fax: +91-7176-282134
E-mail: anandwan@nagpur.dol.net.in
Facilities:
- School for girls only with hostel facility
- Education upto 8th standard
Contact details:
M.P. Welfare Association for the Blind
68, Camping Ground,
Ujjain Road, Dewas,
Madhya Pradesh.
Phone: +91-7272-225204, 223260
E-mail: mpwabdws@rediffmail.com
Contact details:
Mr. Ashok Chowdhary
Calcutta Blind School, Behala,
Kolkata 700 034, West Bengal
Phone: +91-33-468-1335/4549(O)
Comprehensive Rural Development Project
Facilities:
- Separate hostels for boys and girls
- Recognised by Government of Maharashtra
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
Dr. Puttaraja Gavaigalavar Blind Education Society
Facilities:
- Residential School the blind
Contact details:
Gadag 582101, Karnataka
Government School for the Blind
Facilities:
- Run by Gujarat Goverment with hostel facility
- Education from 1st to 7th standard for blind boys
- Primary education in Braille Lipy
Contact details:
Government School for the Blind
Pensionpura,
Vadodara
Govt. Institute for the Blind Panipat
Facilities:
- Coeducational school with hostel facility
- Education up to X std
- School is affiliated to Haryana Board of School Education, Bhiwani
Fees: Free for students of low income families.
The institute provides computer teaching with software like JAWS, curriculum books in Braille and Talking books etc.
Contact details: Head Master
Govt. Institute for the Blind
Panipat
Phone: +91-180 -2650778
Happy Home and School for the Blind
Facilities:
- School for blind boys only with hostel facility
Contact details:
Happy Home and School for the Blind
Dr. Annie Besant Road,
Worli, Mumbai 400018
Phone: +91- 492-3198
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
I.A.V.H. (Indian Association for the Visually Handicapped)
Facilities:
- The institute holds classes twice a day, thrice a week under the guidance of a trained tutor
- It has six computers and four screen reading machines
- Among reference books, one can find the Microsoft Press computer dictionary and books on braille
Contact details:
University Club House, B-Road
Churchgate, Mumbai 400020
Phone: +91-22-2838550
Facilities:
- School for boys only, with a capacity for 200 children
- Hostel facility
- Vocational training in music, candle making, re-caning of chair, etc
- Education upto middle school (affiliated to Director of Education, Government of NCT Delhi)
Contact details:
Mr. M. C. Garg,
Amar Colony Market, (Opposite to Kashmir Bhawan)
Lajpat Nagar IV,
New Delhi 110 024
Phone: +91-(0)11-26411915, 26216506
Institution for the Blind (Boarding)
Facilities:
- School for Boys only with a capcity for 100 children
- Hostel facility
- Vocational training in music, candle making, re-caning of chair, etc
- Education - upto middle school (affiliated to Director of Education, Government of NCT Delhi)
Contact details:
Mr. Bansilal Sharma,
Panchkuia Road, New Delhi 110001.
Phone: +91-(0)11-23364265, 23743123
Jeevan Jyoti School for the Blind
Facilities:
- 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
JPM Senior Secondary School (Blind Relief Association)
Facilities:
- School for boys only with hostel facility
- Government aided school, affiliated to CBSE
- Only Arts is option available after X standard
- Vocational training in book binding and computers
- Fees: Free
Contact details:
Mr. K.J. Kurien
Principal, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg
(Near Hotel Oberoi), New Delhi 110003
Phone: + 91-11-24361759 (d), 24361376
Fax: +91-11-24364730
E-mail: lbsbra@delhi1.mtnl.net.in
Website: www.blindrelief.org
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
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
Contact details:
Sr. Martina, Headmistress
4, G.N.Road,
Cathedral P.O. Chennai 600006
Phone: +91-44-2826 9618
E-mail: lfcblind@hotmail.com
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
Louis Braille Memorial School for the Sightless
Contact details:
Louis Braille Memorial School for the Sightless
Birla Road, P.O. Makhla
Hooghly 71224
West Bengal
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
Facilities:
- Marica Higher Educational Society operates three schools MARICA I, MARICA II and MARICA MOBILE
- With 14 classes, MARICA II has a strength of 185 and has a capacity to school 500 children.
Contact details:
Ms. Marie Christine
Marica School, 9-4-77
3 / 29 to 34 Nizam Colony
Tolichowki
Hyderabad 500008
Andhra Pradesh.
Phone: +91-40-339 3749
Fax: +91-40-3392486
E-mail: maricasch@hotmail.com
Website: www.maricaeducationalsociety.com
Model School for the Visually Handicapped
Facilities:
- A co-educational school with hostel facilities
- From Preparatory to Standard XII
- Unit for low-vision children also
- Children legally blind under 8 years of age are eligible
- Admission starts in July every year and the fees is free.
Contact details:
Mr. Salil Jain
116, Rajpur Road
Dehradun 248001, Uttaranchal
Phone: +91-135-2744979, 2744387
Fax: +91-135-2748147
E-mail: nivh@sancharnet.in
Website: www.nivh.org/school.html
Nab Mata Lachmi Nursery for the Blind
Facilities:
- 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
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
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
National Association for the Blind
Facilities:
- Coeducational school with hostel facility
- Fees: free
- Applications are processed through out the year, though admission is in Feb-March
Contact details:
Mrs. Vasantha Kumaran
Sector 5, R.K.Puram
New Delhi
Phone: +91-11-26102944
Rahmaniya School for Handicapped
Facilities:
- Co-educational school with hostel facility
- Education is from Preparatory to Std IX
- Affiliated to Government of Kerala
Contact details:
Rahmaniya School for Handicapped
Medical College
P.O. Calicut 673008
Kerala
Phone: 2355510, 2355610
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
- Fees: Free
Contact details:
Sh. Sunilbaran Pattanayak, Principal
Narendrapur
Kolkata 700103
West Bengal
Phone: +91-33-24772201(3 lines)
Fax: +91-33-24772070
E-mail: bbarkm@vsnl.net
Rashtriya Virjanand Andhkanya Vidhyala
Facilities:
- School for girls only with hostel facility
- Education from class 6th to 12th standard
- Affiliated to CBSE
- Fees: Free
Contact details:
Mrs. Amrit Pahuja/ Ms. Anees
J Block Vikaspuri
New Delhi 110018
Phone: +91-11-25507758
Rashtriya Virjanand Andhkanya Vidhyala
Facilities:
- School for girls only with hostel facility
- Education from Nursery to class V, affiliated to CBSE
- Fees: Free
Contact details:
Mrs. Shashi Harjai
New Rajinder Nagar
Shankar Road
Delhi 110060
Phone: +91-11-28741002, 28741370
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
Saint Michael's School for the Blind
Contact details:
Saint Michael's School For The Blind
Old H.B. Road, Post Box No.1
Ranchi
Jharkand
- 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
School for the Blind (The Kerala Blind School Society)
Facilities:
- Coeducational school with hostel facility
- Affiliated to General Education Department
- Fees: Free
Contact details:
Ms. P.A. Annakutty, Head Mistress
School for the Blind
Thottumugham
P.O., Aluva 683105
Kerala
Phone: +91-484-2623412
School and Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind
Facilities:
- Coeducational school hostel facility
- Education is from Preparatory to Std IX
- Affiliated to Madhya Pradesh Board
Contact details:
Mr. J. Stalin Mathialagan, Director
School and Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind
P.O. Padhar
District: Betul 460005
Madhya Pradesh
Phone: +91-7145-263231, 263226
Sharp Memorial School for the Blind
Contact details:
Mr. P. M. Samuel
Sharp Memorial School for the Blind
P. O. Rajpur
Dehradun 248009
Uttaranchal
Phone: 734238
E-mail: sharp@nde.vsnl.net.in
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
Facilities:
- Education from 1st to 7th std with hostel facility
- Braille library
Contact details:
Sh. S. K. Khambat, Principal
Taramati Bafna Blind School
Plot No. F-23/2, M.I.D.C. Industrial Area
Chikalthana, Aurangabad
Phone:482617
The Maheshwari School for the blind
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.
- Vocational and Computer training in different levels are provided.
Contact details:
Principal
Nehru Nagar
Belgaum 590010
Orissa
Phone: +91-831- 2471482, 2470709, 2472827
E-mail: bdab_msb@yahoo.co.in
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: + 91-22-494-4236
Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre for Blind / Disabled
Facilities:
- Coeducational school with hostel facility
- Education is from Preparatory to Std XII
- Affiliated to Punjab School Education Board
Contact details:
Dr. E.M. Johnson
Executive Director
Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre for Blind/Disabled
Habowal Road, Opposite Kitchlu Nagar
Ludhiana 141001
Punjab
Phone: +91-161-2301425
Fax: +91-161-2301642
E-mail: vrtc@satyam.net.in
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