Dr. M. G. R. Home and Higher Secondary School for the Speech and Hearing Impaired

Dr. M. G. R. Home and Higher Secondary School for the Speech and Hearing Impaired

Hard Work Earns Eminence
Location
Tamil Nadu
Information
Type School and Home for the speech and hearing impaired
Established 1990
School district Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Principal Dr.Latha Rajendran
Staff 70
Faculty 30
Grades K-12
Enrollment 25
Number of students 880
Color(s) Green
Athletics conference 17 January every year
Website www.mgrhome.in

Dr. M. G. R. Home and Higher Secondary School for the Speech and Hearing Impaired is a school established on 17 January 1990[1] in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.

About

The home is recognised by the Commissioner of Rehabilitation of the Differently abled[2] of the Government of Tamil Nadu and is listed by the Ali Yavar Jung National Institute For The Hearing Handicapped as a vocational training centre for the hearing impaired.[3]

The school has trained staff to handle classes up to the higher secondary level. Students take examinations to distance education programmes of universities. Students are encouraged to integrate into mainstream schools.

The school and home was established and is maintained by the MGR Memorial Charitable Trust.

Traditional dance like a horse known as Poi Kal Kudirai by the school students
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