At the time of independence there were only two institutions, one for the Hearing Impaired at Lahore and the other for the Blind at Bahawalpur , under the control of Education Department. A few institutions for the Hearing Impaired children and Visually Impaired children were also being run by the private organizations in the Province. These institutions were nationalized in 1975 under Martial Law
Regulation MLR-118. The Education Department took over these institutions and initiated various schemes for construction of buildings and to staff them with trained teachers. In 1962 Inspectorate of Schools for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind was established in the Education Department. In1968 at was given status of Deaf, Dumb and Blind Wing, headed by the Deputy Director, established in the Education Department. In 1983-84 the Directorate of Special Education Punjab was established in the Education Department. In 2003 the Special Education Department was established as an independent administrative department.
