Established 1941 Grades Nursery to 10th Affiliation JKBOSE | Principal Arshad Siddiqie Nickname Modern School | |
Chairman Qazi Mohammad Amin (IAS) | ||
This school is one of the branches of society for human welfare and education. This school was established in 1941. It is one of the oldest schools in Srinagar and is the only school for differently abled children in the valley
Society for Human Welfare and Education Silk Factory Road, Solina, Srinagar, Kashmir 190009.
Its primary objective is providing education to children from poor families. It also provides education and training to handicapped people to enable them to be emotionally and economically self-reliant. It runs the English-medium Modern High School at Solina, with classes from kindergarten to the matric level. The fee is highly subsidized, and most of the 700 girls and boys enrolled in the school come from poor families. The society also runs a special school for deaf and dumb children, from nursery to the 10th standard. These children are also trained in craft such as tailoring, embroidery, short-hand and typing. The society has a home for the blind, where some 20 children live and are provided education, board and lodging free of cost. They are taught through Braille and are also trained in various crafts.