MENUSchools for the Blind
Around 1.0% of Pakistan's total population is estimated to be blind. So there are around 1.9 million Pakistanis suffering from blindness (2012).
Education has never been our priority. We thus fail to educate the majority of our people - especially the underprivileged segments of the society. And what about the millions of the unfortunate souls with special education needs - the blind, deaf, mentally handicapped? How many special education institutions do we have? And how many of them are functional or worth mentioning? I don't know. But this is a humble effort in this direction. We need to do the basic accounting and then see what we can do about it.
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| School | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| AKAB School for the Blind House # 116, F/3, Part II , Near Education Board, Mirpur, Azad Kashmir Tel: 58274-35134 |
Established in 2000 | Mirpur, Azad Kashmir |
| Aziz Jehan Begum Trust Institute for the Blind |
Since 1996. Offers English medium instruction. Residential complex for outsiders. Compiled first ever Urdu-English braille dictionary. | Lahore |
| Government High School for Blind Girls Shamsabad, Rawalpindi Tel: 051-4840588 |
Rawalpindi | |
| Govt. Institute for the Blind Girls 128-Khyber Block, Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore Tel: |
Lahore | |
| Govt. Institute for the Blind Sheranwala Gate Tel: |
Lahore | |
| Govt. Sunrise Institute for the Blind Ravi Road, Lahore Tel: |
Lahore | |
| Ida Rieu School for the Blind and Deaf Nizami Road, Off: M. A. Jinnah Road, Adjacent Quaid-E-Azam Mausoleum, Karachi Tel: 021-2780808, 021-2788999 |
Established in 1921. One of the leading schools for the blind. Also has a school of deaf. Offers education and vocational training. Over 900 blind and deaf students. Separate hostels for outstation boys and girls | Karachi |
