ASHA SCHOOL

Introduction

“Asha, Wishwas and Aastha” has always being the guiding factor of all Asha Schools of Southern Command. There are nine (09) Asha Schools in Southern Command. Southern Command AWWA has undertaken the responsibility of educating and training special children of serving soldiers, ex-servicemen and civilians at Asha School and is dedicated to help them overcome physical and learning challenges. These schools provide opportunities to our special children for all round development and to make them confident and self-reliant.

Objectives

  • To work intensively with children to develop learning and coping strategies.
  • To teach functional, academic skills to help join mainstream education.
  • To establish work habits and an acceptable behavioural programme.
  • To develop capabilities in each child to her / his full potential.
  • Inculcate values to make children an effective member of society.
  • To empower the them to acquire professional skills.
  • To impart social skills for an independent living.

FACILITIES

Sensory Park

Asha School, Pune consists of indoor and outdoor sensory park with several facilities like the circle of infinity & the indoor dark room amongst others.

Wheelchair Enabled Bus

A new wheelchair enabled school bus with CCTV surveillance was handed over to Asha School Pune by President AWWA during her recent visit in Mar 2023.

Smart Board

Smart boards benefit by promoting engagement, enhancing learning experiences with visual and interactive elements, and providing a more inclusive environment for personalized and adaptive learning and enhances the learning experience, as they can better comprehend and retain information through the use of multimedia, graphics, and animations.

Therapy Session

Various therapies & techniques are used by Asha Schools to achieve normalcy in children. Jaw message and stimulation of critical acupressure points, are specially useful in speech therapy.

Training Equipments

A library of tools has been setup by Asha School Ahmedabad. Parents are free to borrow concerned eqpt for a fixed duration. In addition they have specially designed rooms for rug making.