G V School

G V School, located in Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu, India) is a charitable institution offering free education and vocational skills training for children with special needs. The school has two divisions supporting mentally challenged and hearing impaired children. The divisions are named after Mr. G. Vagheesam Pillai and Mrs. R N Suseela Ammal.

The school was established in 1990 with 2 children. Today there are over 90 children from Chidambaram and the surrounding rural areas in the Cuddalore District.

Over the past few years the school has received the following recognition from both the Government and Private Institutions in India,
2008 Building Expansion support from the District Collector[1]
2007 "The Best Special School" from Raja Muthiah Trust
2007 The Principal was awarded "The Best Administrator" by the Inner Wheel Club
2006 The Principal was selected to be a committee member in the Cuddalore District Chapter of National Trust for Disabled
2003 The National Award for "Best Paper Presented" at the National Conference of Special Educators for the Hearing Impaired
2003 An award for the Best Institute in Tamil Nadu for Mentally Retarded Children from the Honurable Minister for Social Welfare, Mrs. Valarmathi[2]

References
  1. Article in a national newspaper on the building expansion support received in 2008
  2. Article in a national newspaper on the award received in 2003

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