The SPJ Sadhana School, a school dedicated to teaching children and young adults with Special Education Needs (SEN), is marking its golden jubilee. The specialist school with a current student strength of 83, aged between five and 23 years old, is located inside the Sophia College campus in Breach Candy and takes in SEN students to help them learn to adjust to the world.

While sometimes called mentally challenged or intellectual disability, the contemporary use is SEN, the school educators inform. These students suffer from challenges like Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Global Developmental Delay, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Retardation, Slow Learners and those who have Down’s Syndrome. ‘Special Education Needs' is a legal definition and refers to children with learning problems or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most children the same age.