DEEPIKA SCHOOL
March 29, 2024
Deepika School is a unit of Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham Charitable Trust, Sringeri. The school has completed 25 years of working with special needs children. The School started in the year 1998 with just 3 students who opted out of mainstream school and one special educator.
Since the school could give not just education but also develop their self-esteem and social skills. Soon the school saw quick growth with more and more children with special needs came into Deepika fold.
A lot of children in the autism spectrum disorder came in even though we neither had the expertise nor the space.
We were invited to the current spacious premises at Sri Shankar Mutt, Bangalore by His Holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji to conduct our classes.
After that, with the Blessings of Jagadguru, Deepika school has grown very fast and has given quality training as we envisaged.
As the name suggests, Deepika has been a source of light to the directionless and the powerless for the last 25 years.
Taken under the compassionate umbrella of Deepika’s trained staff, our students bloom and reach their full potential. Deepika’s curriculum is unique based on whole brain development. Now our primary aim is to provide an inclusive atmosphere and complete acceptance by the society. Deepika now has a very spacious vocational centre in salubrious surroundings. We will soon have a residential centre for adult special needs individuals.
We have come a long way in the last 25 years . But looking back we can proudly state that many of our students are working and living independently. Some of them have gone on to finish college degrees.
We find that there is a small niche out there for every one of our children where they will be gladly accepted.
However, all these are not possible without the attendant expenses. We have also made it a policy to train at least 20% of total children admitted to Deepika, completely free. They are from poor and some even from BPL (Below poverty line) families.
Special education is expensive since it involves not only academic training but also multiple therapies, logistic support and so on.
We have mentioned an approximate expenditure for a child in Deepika School. Those willing to give help and support are welcome to contribute to any one or as many causes as possible.
Expenses for One Child per annum
(In rupees)
- Annual Tuition Fee 90000
- Speech Therapy 5000
- Physio/occupational therapy 5000
- Annual educational tour 15000
- Transport charges (approximation) 40000
We will be grateful if donors can also contribute to the purchase of a bus for the school.
Donate Online at https://donate.sringeri.net/donate/deepika
Please visit Deepika School at Sri Shankar Mutt premises in Basavangudi, Bangalore. https://deepikaschool.org/