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ABOUT US
The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind (VMSB) – established in 1902 – is an institution dedicated to creating a bright and sustainable future for visually impaired boys through holistic education, skill development and self-empowerment.
With support from patrons like you, the school offers its students – most of who are from low-income families – free of cost education up to class VIII; a range of vocation-based training programmes such as computer operations and massage therapy; extra-curricular activities like training in music, handicrafts and sports; and boarding and lodging.
Programs Open to All
As part of our vision to empower differently abled individuals to take their place in society as confident, productive citizens, VMSB offers vocational training programmes and facilities that enable students and adults to stand on their feet and create a brighter future for themselves.
These occupational training programmes are offered within the school premises and are available not only for the residential students but also to any individual with visual impairment.
Our various centres offering these programmes and facilities include:- The VMS-Radha Subrahmanian Centre for Computer Education
- The VMS Navnit Shah Library and Resource Centre
- The Massage Therapy Training Centre
- Competitive Coaching Classes
Beyond Academics
Drawing on more than 100 years of experience in nurturing differently-abled students into independent individuals, our curriculum focuses not only on education but also on strengthening the overall development of each and every student. Our students enjoy a range of extra-curricular activities like music, handicrafts creation, sports and gymnastics, to name a few. Through the years, we have often seen these childhood passions turn into a vocation, opening up an avenue for a productive, satisfying life.
Some of the activities enjoyed by the students include:
- Sports
- Excursions / Events
- Art and handicrafts
- Music
- Advanced Therapy sessions for students with special needs (offered at The VMS Learning Centre)
CONFERENCE ROOMS FOR HIRE
We invite you to host your next conference / workshop at The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind’s Standard Chartered Conference Rooms – a venue that not only blends the grandeur of a national heritage with contemporary comforts but also allows you to make a difference in the life of a visually impaired child.
OUR RICH HERITAGE
On 14 February 1902, a group of eminent citizens met in the hall of the Bombay Municipal Corporation to decide how to best utilise the Victoria Memorial Fund – an amount of ₹ 253,800, collected through public contributions – to perpetuate the memory of Queen Victoria, then Empress of India.
This was the birth of The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind.
The rich history of the school was carved by its first trustees – Sir Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy, Sir Bhalchandra Krishna Bhatavadekar, The Hon. Mr. S. Rebsch, Hon. Mr. Ibrahim Rahimtoola, Sir Sassoon Jacob David and has been nurtured over the years by honourable visionaries like Mr. K N Jussawalla, Mr. J.B. Petit, Mr. Vijay Merchant, Mr. R. P. Masani, Mr. Madhavjee D Thackersey and Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, to name a few.
MISSION
To provide quality education and rehabilitation opportunities to the differently abled.
VISION
To encourage, nurture and develop differently abled individuals; to empower them to take their place in the world and society as confident, productive adults.
VALUE STATEMENT
To strive for a better quality of life for every visually impaired and intellectually impaired by providing education, training and rehabilitation opportunities; thereby making them self-reliant individuals.
| The Hon’ble Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay | Ex- Officio Chairperson |
| Mr. Ramesh D. Chandak | Vice-Chairperson/Trustee |
| Mrs. Mala Goenka | Hon. Secretary/Trustee |
| Mrs. Anjali Laud | Jt.Hon. Secretary/Trustee |
| Mr. K. Ramkrishna | Member |
| Mrs. Meena S. Deshpande | Trustee |
| Mr. Sanjiv Navangul | Member |
| Mrs. Jahanvi Apte Kothari | Member |
| Mr JagdishThackersey | Member |
| Mr. Anami Roy | Member |
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Centre for Special Needs
The VMS Learning Centre provides services to boys and girls with special needs. It is a day school started in 1999 in collaboration with the Special Needs Centre of the SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai.
The VMS Learning Centre aims to empower children with special needs and ensure their cognitive, physical, social and emotional development in an environment where they feel safe and respected.
The Centre’s vision is to ensure the integration of every child into a life as respectable as possible and to help them become contributing members of society in the future.
The Centre is a day school and offers English medium education based on National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books by the school for students from grade I to grade VIII. The students of grade IX, X, XI and XII study the regular syllabus of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
Centre for Life Skills
The VMS-Vijay Merchant Centre offers specialised therapies and training in life skills, to children with special needs to help them get their rightful place in the educational system; to encourage, enable and empower them to achieve their full potential and rediscover the joy of childhood.
A team of qualified and dedicated teachers and support staff teach special needs children through a range of programmes like speech and occupational therapy, computer education and games to help them grow into emotionally secure, socially confident people.
The Centre is open to any individual with special learning needs.
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