"Deepam" School For Special Children

is run by a socially conscious couple, Mr.Arumugam and Mrs. Vijaya Arumugam. The School was run under Jayaguru Seva Trust.

Mr. Arumugam, M.A., B.Ed., S.D.S.E., P.G.D.G. & C., Y.T.C. has been in the selfless service of looking after the intellectually disabled persons & autistic children for the past twenty five years. He also received the State Award For Best Teacher (M.R.) from the Government Of Tamilnadu for the year 2009 for his excellence in this field.

Mrs. Vijaya Arumugam, M.C.A., B.Ed., (Spl.Edu) M.Sc., (psychology) drawing inspiration for her husband's love for the mentally retarded children, joined him in this selfless service for such children and has been wholeheartedly helped him in his service. She has been ideal in building this institution for the past eight years. The couple started Jayaguru Seva Trust in the year 2002 and has been running the mission with the support of broad minded Philanthropists.

DEEPAM, a school for special children is founded on the philosophy that an individual should be given the opportunity to utilize their potential in order to live with dignity and respect.

Types of activities to the children

In Deepam, each child is thoroughly tested and evaluated assess their level of neurological and physical development. These methods of testing & observational assist in designing a special education and Vocational program to each child.

Vocational training

Vocational training and job training to the intellectually disabled is placed as the top priority at Deepam. At 16 years of age the vocational skills of each child are determined according to the student's interest, ability and skills level.

Extra curricular activities

Our School has been an active contestant of many cultural programmes conducted by Rotract Club, Lions Club, Leo Club, Ladies Club Of Annanagar, etc. & the students had received many laurels to their credits. These are encouraged so that students can gain social interaction with many common people. Picnics were also arranged regularly for their delight.

Requirement to run the organization

Though we are a nonprofit organization, we tend to give all the facilities that were needed by these children. About 60% of our students are from below poverty line families. There are many students who cannot afford to pay school fees. We need to have better facilities for the students. We also like to expand our activities such as organizing eye check up, medical check up camps and so on to all students. We need to have our own land and building. Also we were in urgent need for therapy equipments & our own school van. For this noble venture, we are raising donations. Any amount of contribution is welcome. Your Cheque/Draft should be in favour of "Jayaguru Seva Trust" to the contact address. Donations are exempted from income tax under section 80(G) of IT Act, 1961.

Materials required for the organisation

• Stationary items such as pencil, rubber, notebooks and scale.
• Raw materials for making paper bags, paper cups and paper plates as a part of our vocational training through the machines we received from ONGC.
• Battery for inverter running in the school.
• Water filter for drinking water.
• Two stapler and punch machine (one for office use and other for students use).
• Files to file the case sheets and reports.
• Registrars for attendance and visitors record.
• A4 sheets for Xerox and report purpose.