NVS is a blind school and it's is working for rehabilitation of blind students since last 31 years in Suncity Jodhpur by providing free education with boarding and lodging facility separately for boys and Girls. The School was started on 15th August 1977 with only two blind students the number of which has gone to 247 at present .Sansthan imported a computerized mini Braille press from Sweden in order to prepare Braille Books and Braille Articles in a short period of time.
Aims of the society (Netraheen Vikas Sansthan):
To provide education and training to blind boys and girls, Make arrangements for Rehabilitation and efforts are made to make available the facilities provided by the govt. to these blind children.
To establish Braille press, library and cassette library for the blind
To arrange for the treatment to those, whose eyes are worth for treatment and also to provide guidance in this field.
To arrange seminars and workshops on the problems of the blind.
Library:
The school has one big library hall containing more than 5000 Braille books of all types including text books of course material , competitive exams books , fiction/novels , story books , holy books like Ramayana, Geeta , Mahabharata , Quran and Bible etc and other various reference books for classes 1st to 12th & higher education also.
Braille Printing Machine :
The school has imported special Braille printing machine from Sweden in the year 2001 with the help of funds given by the British High Commissioner & Member of Parliament Late Dr.L.M.Singhvi . The machine is very useful for converting books of normal text matter into Braille script which is used by all the students for their schooling.
Audio Recording
There are three mode of teaching to blind students mainly teaching in class room , secondly through Braille books and lastly by giving them audio cassettes on different subjects which they can hear later on to revise the course contents taught in the class room .There are 2768 recorded cassettes of different subject available as on date . The dubbing is done in school’s Computer lab only with the latest equipments.
Mini Braille Press:
Sansthan imported a computerized mini Braille press from Sweden in order to prepare Braille Books and Braille Articles in a short period of time.
Deaf & Dumb , Mentally Retarded and Blind Unit:
A multi purpose disabled unit namely Acharya Hasti multipurpose disable unit was started on 15th August 2006 in association with Department of Social Welfare, Government of Rajasthan for rehabilitation of deaf & dumb, mentally retarded and blind students with 25 students. At present there are total 60 students who are provided free lodging. Boarding and education.
List of facilities provided to the Blind:
Teaching through Braille system by the trained teachers
To provide free boarding and lodging facilities.
To make available medical check up and medical facilities
To provide Radio, Television, Musical instruments, Tape recorder, Playing cards, chess and cricket kit material.
To provide Braille watch, talking books etc.
To provide Braille books library.
To provide water cooler for safe drinking water.
To take the students to different cultural and historic places for excursions.
Vote for Thanks - Donate Us::
The N.V.S. (Blind School India) is doing progress day by day. This credit goes to our respected donors, social workers and all the staff of our organization. We wish/request to contribute generously with pleasant feeling and happy heart. It has its own constitution and also anyone giving help to this society will enjoy exemption from income tax under 80-G.
Send Us Donation Cheque/ DD in Favour of "NETRAHEEN VIKAS SANSTHAN".
