Education for Special Need Children in India

A child with special needs always has difficulties in attending to classroom education. Most schools in India are not accessible for children with special needs and they face isolation and exclusion from the regular students. This leads to severe functional and psychological impact on the child and affects the personality and prospects when the child grows up. The barrier starts from the elementary to the higher levels of education in India.

Siva Saraswathi Vidyalaya, an integrated school, was started as a primary school in Ayikudy village in Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu in June 1981 with 5 students in a thatched shed as the first effort of Sangam to give quality education at affordable cost to the physically challenged as well as other rural students. The school grew to 5 teachers and 110 students by 1990 to further progress in our integration efforts of disabled children with others to achieve equal rights for all. In 1995, we started Middle school which was upgraded to High school in 2009 and Higher Secondary in 2015. Here, in Amar Seva Sangam, we provide a complete inclusive solution for education of children with special needs.

Our inclusive and integrated school is established to include mainstream children with special needs children. We are highly successful in the process of inclusive education and most children who have gone out after finishing their schooling have been highly successful in their lives. This encourages us to cater to more and more such children in our region. Hence, frequent requirements for funding have become necessary.

Our inclusive Siva Saraswati Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School, 12th Standard students have successfully passed out in the exams held in March 2019, recording cent percent success since its up-gradation to 12th Standard since 2017. There is a feeling of triumph in the fact that our intellectually challenged student, Thangasudalai, who joined our Sangamam School for special children ten years ago, has scored 446/600. She was a topper in her 10th Standard exams too. This is a boost to our pursuit of inclusive education. From other students, B.Thirumalai kumar who scored 513/600, S.Praveenkumar who scored 502/600 and V .Ramesh who scored 500/600, have secured first, second and third positions. We also had 10th Standard students have successfully passed out in the exam. This is a boost to our pursuit of inclusive education. First M.Muthulakshmi who scored 445/500, Second K.Sumathi who scored 435/500, Third S.Srivarsha who scored 427/500 and our Home children P.Ulaganathan (Differently abled student)who scored 326/500.

Siva Saraswathi Vidyalaya, an integrated school, was started as a primary school in Ayikudy village in Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu in June 1981 with 5 students in a thatched shed as the first effort of Sangam to give quality education at affordable cost to the physically challenged as well as other rural students. The school grew to 5 teachers and 110 students by 1990 to further progress in our integration efforts of disabled children with others to achieve equal rights for all. In 1995, we started Middle school which was upgraded to High school in 2009 and Higher Secondary in 2015. Here, in Amar Seva Sangam, we provide a complete inclusive solution for education of children with special needs.

 Our inclusive and integrated school is established to include mainstream children with special needs children. We are highly successful in the process of inclusive education and most children who have gone out after finishing their schooling have been highly successful in their lives. This encourages us to cater to more and more such children in our region. Hence, frequent requirements for funding have become necessary.