Educate/Rehabilitate 130 children- Northeast India

Bethany Society aims to provides a safe accommodation and opportunity for quality inclusive education to 110 children and young persons with disability belonging to marginalized and remote areas of Meghalaya,India where they are deprived of access to education or skill-training. These children come from extremely poor & deprived backgrounds. The goal thus is creating equal access to opportunities for education and employment for these 110 young people with disabilities living in Bethany Society. 

• JyotiSroat School, Shillong (A Unit of Bethany Society) is an inclusive school providing educational and mainstreaming opportunities to vulnerable groups which include children with disabilities, children without disabilities and children from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. These children study together in the same classroom facilitated by teachers who are specially trained. Established in 1993 as the first school for the visually impaired in Shillong, from 2006 onwards, JyotiSroat School is evolving into an inclusive school offering educational opportunities to ALL children.
• The school is recognized by Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education (MBOSE) and accredited with National Institute for Open Schooling (NIOS) and offers services right from Early Education to Senior Secondary (10 + 2) level.

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