The Governor of Uttarakhand KK Paul visited the ‘Asha school’ located at Birpur Cantt on Monday and spent some time with the differently-abled children.
The Governor went to every class of the school and met the students to know about their activities. Impressed by the arrangements made by the school for its students, the Governor termed the school as unique.
He said teaching these students according to their physical and mental needs require great patience and hard work. The governor said that is a noble task to make these children skilled, confident and independent. The Governor distributed sweets to the students and donated an amount of Rs 1 lakh to the school from his discretionary fund.
Set up in November 1994 under the aegis of the army, the schools aims to provide education and care to differently-abled children of armed forces fraternity, para-military forces and civilians of Dehradun.
Thirty five children from the ages of five to 17 are being given education according to their specific needs with the help of special teaching skills and by using physiotherapy, occupational therapy and vocational training.
The school aims at making these children self-dependent and rehabilitate them to make them part of the mainstream. The General Officer Commanding Uttarakhand sub area, Maj Gen SC Mohanty and other army officers were present during the Governor’s visit.