SPECIAL SCHOOLS
Schools providing education to Specially-Abled Children.
USO is the first organisation to conduct competitions for schools catering to the needs of the specially-abled children nationally. Organised in collaboration with our partners, our competition not only provides students a national platform to explore their creativity, but also helps to increase awareness on various areas of social and global importance.
One of USO’s main aim is to ensure ‘Inclusiveness’. Keeping that in mind, the past few competitions have been opened to all schools, including students from special schools. Specially abled schools have participated in ABC2 (Any Body Can Cartoon), H2Ooooh! – Waterwise Program for Children of India, and more recently, My Immuno Booster Recipe Competition.
NATIONAL WINNERS OF ABC2
Individual Category
High Support Category
Special Mention Cartoon
Individual Category
High Support Category
After Registration, an email shall be sent with Registration ID, links to cartooning videos, submission links shall be sent in 2 business days.
USO’s efforts recognised by Govt. of India
A letter commending our efforts was received from Shri. K. V. S. Rao, former Director – Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.
During the online award ceremony of H2Ooooh! – Waterwise Program for Children of India students from special schools were invited for online cartooning and story boarding classes, of which four students were awarded ‘Creativity Awards’.
NATIONAL SCIENCE PAINTING COMPETITION
FOR SPECIALLY-ABLED CHILDREN -2021
We are pleased to bring this competition to special schools, in collaboration with:
CSIR-NIScPR
UNESCO – New Delhi
Teams from CSIR-NIScPR, UNESCO-New Delhi and USO have finished judging the paintings received. Here are the winners:
Individual Category
Age Group: 5-10 yrs
K. VELAYUTHA MOORTHY
Resource School for Differently Abled Department of Special Education Rehabilitation Science, Tamil Nadu
ARADHAY SRIVASTAVA
Somerville School, Delhi
KHRAWBOR
Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development Rehabilition & Empowerment of Person with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Shillong, Meghalaya
Age Group: 18+ yrs
GARVIT
Nation Institute For The Empowerment of Person with Intellectual Disabilities, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
YASMIN HANDA
Ananth Centre for Learning and Development, New Delhi
B. ROBIN
Resource School For Differently Abled Department of Special Education Rehabilitation Science, Tamil Nadu
Winning Paintings
High Support Category
Congratulations to all the winning students!!!
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY
STEP 1:
Download the Template (excel spreadsheet)
STEP 2:
Fill and Submit the Form Online
ARE THE PAINTINGS FROM YOUR SCHOOL STUDENTS READY?
Email to us: specialschools@usoindia.org
(Mention School name, Student name, Type of Disability, Age and Category on painting margins)
USO House - Diwali Mela (2021)
We held 2-days Diwali Mela at USO House and invited Specially-Abled Schools to exhibit and sell products made the students of their schools. The Mela was inaugurated by Shri. K. V. S. Rao, Director – Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.
Several special guests also attended the Mela. We are grateful to Shri Rajiv Chandran, Officer-in-Charge, UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan and Dr. Manoj Kumar Patairiya, Director – Department of Science & Technology for taking time from their busy schedule and official commitments, and attending the Diwali Mela at USO House.
Watch the videos below, with highlights of both days.
DAY 1 - Oct 27, 2021
DAY 2 - Oct 28, 2021
USO Activities in Specially-Abled Schools
Applying For USO Membership Is Easy...
We welcome all schools to join our national community of schools, by applying for USO Membership which runs from April 1 to March 31 each year at a nominal rate of Rs. 100 for the year. Membership provides schools access to participation in all our activities for the year. Some activities are open to schools at a nominal charge, some have a registration fee from the students, while some may be offered free to member school teachers and students. Registration in all our activities is mandatory. Details are shared via email and WhatsApp with the School Principal and the USO Activities Coordinator.
STEP 1:
Appoint a teacher to coordinate USO Activities at the school (USO Activities Coordinator).
STEP 2:
Fill the USO Online Membership Form (includes payment link). (Click below to access the form)
Our Previous ONLINE Competition
Specially Abled Children’s National Poster-Making Competition (June 5, 2020)
USO, CSIR-NISCAIR and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India, conducted the above competition to increase awareness about World Environment Day. There were 2 categories – Individual and High Support, and 3 age groups. This was our first all online competition. Schools registered online for the competition, all posters were submitted online by students, the judges met via a zoom online meeting to pick the winners, e-Certificates were emailed to students.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!!!
CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES SHALL BE SENT BY MAIL.
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY
AGE GROUP: 10-15 YEARS
AGE GROUP: 16-20 YEARS
AGE GROUP: 21+ YEARS
HIGH SUPPORT CATEGORY
AGE GROUP: 10-15 YEARS
AGE GROUP: 16-20 YEARS
AGE GROUP: 21+ YEARS
AYRAN BHAMRAH
The Shriram Millennium School, Uttar Pradesh
B.NAVDEEP
KRM School for Special Children Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3rd Prize: P. VAISHNAVI
Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development Rehabilition & Empowerment of Person with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Karnataka
L. ROWEENA ANJALO
KRM School for Special Children, Tamil Nadu
KARAN SRIVASTAVA
Study Hall (Dosti), Uttar Pradesh
S. VENKATESWARAN
Resource School, Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Science, Tamil Nadu
KAUSTUBH SRIVASTAVA
Army Asha School, Madhya Pradesh
ASHISH MEHTA
Balvantray Mehta Vidaya Bhavan. A.S.M A Memorial Academy, New Delhi
SPECIAL ART AWARD
All posters received were truly exceptional, and the judges had a very hard time selecting the winners. In addition to the national winners, some paintings were further selected and given a ‘Special Art’ Award for their design, idea, or creative element. Below is the list of those winners.
Nithilyam Special School and Adelaide Rehabilitation Centre Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Individual category: 10-15 years
CRC for Skill Development, Rehabilitation & Empowerment of Person With Disablities, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Individual category: 10-15 years
Athak Prayas Special School, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Individual category: 10-15 years
Sri Sai Seva Sadan Special School, Hyderabad, Telangana
Individual category: 10-15 years
Urja School for Differently Abled Children, Faridabad, Haryana
Individual category: 16-20 years
Red Cross School for the Deaf, Jalandhar, Punjab
Individual category: 16-20 years
Sparsham Centre for Autism India, Pathanamthitta, Kerala
Individual category: 16-20 years
Bhakti Viklang Seva Sansthan Samiti, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Individual category: 21+ years
SOS Children’s Village, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Individual category: 21+ years
Satya Special School, Karuvadikuppam, Puducherry
Individual category: 21+ years
V-Excel Educational Trust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
High Support category: 10-15 years
National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Secunderabad, Telangana
High Support category: 16-20 years
Previous Competitions
Specially Abled Children’s National Science Painting Competition (November 25, 2019)
The Specially-Abled Children’s National Science Painting Competition was conducted nationally on November 25, 2019. The competition was organised by United Schools Organisation of India (USO) in collaboration with CSIR – NISCAIR (National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources), with support from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) and in association with Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt of India.
All paintings were received at USO offices. They were then sorted based on category and age groups. All the judges were then invited to select the paintings for the Zonal and National prizes. Some paintings were also selected for the Special Mention Award. The judges were Mr. K. V. S. Rao (Director, Department of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment); Mr. Guy Broucke (Chief, Natural Sciences, UNESCO); Ms. Neha Midha (National Officer – Natural Sciences, UNESCO); Dr. G. Mahesh (Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-NISCAIR); Mr. Yetish Kumar (CSIR-NISCAIR); Ms. Nina Jain (Secretary General, USO).
WINNER'S LIST
WHAT SCHOOLS ARE SAYING ...
We are happy to inform you that we got the package and have received the medals, trophies and certificates, from USO for the “Specially- Abled Children’s National Science Painting Competition”
Thanks a lot to give this opportunity to our children to participate in this national painting competition. We were very happy to receive the medals and trophies.
This is to inform you that the certificates and the prizes and mementoes have been received by us. Thank you so much for giving this opportunity to our students to participate the painting competition.