Inclusive Education is a term used to describe a system of education that seeks to welcome children with special needs and include them in the mainstream. The philosophy of the programme highlights the principle that all children, regardless of their abilities have the right to be educated and be a part of the integrated school system.

At Springdales, the Inclusive Education Programme has been functional for the past four years and aims at bringing out the potential of each child. It helps those children who are unable to cope with heightened academic pressure by providing them a platform to nurture their talents, work creatively, and establish meaningful relationships and live with self-confidence.

At Springdales, Pusa Road, students with Dyslexia, ADD, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and physically challenged children are currently enrolled as a part of our inclusive education programme. Special ramps have been constructed all over the school for easy mobility. Along with the special needs educator and the two school counselors all the teachers have been oriented towards inclusive schooling.

July, 2006 saw the establishment of a new inclusive education centre, at Springdales, Dhaula Kuan with trained teachers and state-of-the-art equipment. Highly successful with Miss Sonali Bose as the coordinator, the Centre follows individualized curricular for visually and hearing impaired students, as well as those with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and autism. Freedom and flexibility is provided for all children to progress at their own pace.

As part of Community service, the students of classes XI and XII are allotted periods in which they act as guides and mentors. There is regular interaction between parents, teachers and the coordinator during which educational goals are set up and an assessment system involved.

Appropriately named “Saath-Saath” the special needs centre caters to both skill and intellectual development. Its students participated in the Annual Christmas Concert of 2005 and 2006 thereby becoming the part of co-curricular life of Springdales. This unique programme respects difference in individuals and is expected to make children more tolerant towards each other and work inter-dependently for mutual benefit.