ABOUT

M A Moopen School for Special Needs was established in 2009 by Dr. M. Azad Moopen, a physician turned entrepreneur and philanthropist, for the education and rehabilitation of children with various Neurodevelopmental disorders such as cerebral palsy, autism and intellectual disability. The school provides special education, vocational training, speech therapy, physiotherapy and facilities for sports, games and cultural activities.

HISTORY

A survey conducted in Kalpakanchery panchayath by Moopen Institute for Local Empowerment (MILES), a village adoption project by the same trust, had revealed the fact that 125 (55 male and 70 female) pesons were mentally challenged in Kalpakanchery panchayath alone. It was found that these people with intellectual disability were extremely marginalized due to lack of education and training. The indifference and the wrong attitude of the community was another reason. There were no institutions for the intellectually disabled within a circle of fifteen kilometers. Hence the trust wholeheartedly identified the felt need of the locality to start a school for the intellectually disabled children.

The school, started with eleven students, one teacher and a helper, has now grown into a full-fledged special needs school with 120 students, 13 teachers and 10 non- teaching staff, over a period of ten years. The new building was inaugurated on 3 August 2019 by Smt.K K Shailaja teacher,Honourable Minister for Health, Social Justice and woman and Child Development, Govt. of Kerala.