The physical and mental impairment of specially abled children of Nanhi Duniya school did not came in way of their Children’s Day celebration as they showed the spirit which seemed to overshadow the enthusiasms of the normal children. The Chief Promoter of the school Kiran Ulfat Goyal told The Pioneer that the school emphasised to get creativity out of these students on the occasion. She said that the children drew beautiful pictures and crafted many small things. Ulfat said that apart from celebrating the birth day of Chacha Nehru the school celebrated birth days of those students whose birthdays fell in the month of November. “Celebrating their birthdays is important as sometimes even the parents forget to celebrate birthdays of these unfortunate kids”, she said.
The school is one of its kinds in the city as children suffering from autism, Down’s syndrome, slow learners, duff and dumb and other mental/ physical abnormalities study with the normal ones in the school which practices an integrated system of education.
Nanhi Dunya was founded in the year 1946 under the aegis of ‘The International Movement of Children and Their Friends’ society by late lekh Raj Ulfat. Kiran Ulfat said that the exclusive schools for the rich and affluent always existed, but the society gave its whole hearted attention towards the less fortunate children and endeavored to give them the very best of education.