Scholarship for challenged school-goers 2010: Unlike other scholarship schemes, which help the able to get further, Jan Madhyam offers financial support in the form of scholarships to disabled students, especially girls who come from poor families and thus enable them to get life skills and school education.
Detailed Overview
We focus on economically deprived children with any of the following problems
- Dyslexia and Learning difficulties
- Slow learners
- Hearing challenged
- Physically challenged
- Behavioural disorders
- Emotional problems
- Visually challenged
- Multiple Challenged
- Cerebral Palsy
- Dwarfism
- Autism
Scholarships are given to children identified with any of the above special needs. This will help them to get supportive aids and appliances, therapies, special education, Medicine, Tuition, admission into mainstream school education or any training which leads them towards Inclusion.
Besides the financial support, the other supportive activities are:
• Collaboration with Govt. Schools to connect them with needy challenged children.
• Support children with special need for remedial education and medical intervention.
• Counselling and guidance to their parents, families and community at large.
• Disability Pension, Certificate, UDID, Railway Concession, Bus pass, guidance and training
All these interventions will help the special child to cope with mainstream education and improve his general development. The poor parents will be able to send this child to school and finally give him a special place at home also.