A School for the Autistic Children. (অটিস্টিক শিশুদের একটি স্কুল)

Basupara Lane, Khulna; 05 March 2012
In Bangladesh, the lack of trained teachers is the greatest problem at the schools where disabled and autistic children are enrolled. SHEBI (The Society to Help Education in Bangladesh, International, Inc.) intends to organize training programmes for the teachers at several schools in Bangladesh. Sarwar Autistic Children Welfare Organization (SACWO) in Khulna is a school for the autistic children where SHEBI provides various types of support. This school does not charge any fee from the students. The school was founded in 2008 by a family who donated a building with a large yard to be used for the education and care of disabled and autistic children of the local area. Since the school totally relies on donation from only one family, the school lacks resources to treat the students effectively. There is no car, van or any kind of vehicle for the school to carry students. There is no refrigerator or any air-conditioning in the school building althongh the temperature goes up more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit in summer. The school does not have any fund to buy any television or any other audiovisual equipment or a computer which are really essential for the training of the students. The school's teachers need basic and advanced training to handle disabled and autistic children immediately.