Bohol Deaf Academy

Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA) located in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, is private, coed, residential high school for deaf students.[1] It was established in 2005 and specializes in advanced academic and vocational instruction for college and work-bound students.[2]

BDA is the only private school for the deaf in Bohol, and is recognized by the Philippine Department of Education as a "school of excellence". All of BDA's students receive partial or full scholarships—the only residential high school in the region with such status.[3]

The school is unique in the Philippines for offering a "Vocational Oriented" curriculum, which reserves 2 days per week for vocational skills training, as well as on-the-job training with IDEA, Philippines, the largest private employer of deaf people in the country.[4] This relationship allows for internships in Dao Diamond Hotel—the only deaf-run hotel in the Philippines, the Garden cafe, a restaurant employing deaf adults, established in 1984, and the IDEA construction team.[5]

BDA is also the only high school in the country with a deaf Principal, deaf vocational and academic teachers, and deaf maintenance personnel.[1]

Completed in 2005, BDA was constructed by deaf masons, carpenters, painters, and welders from IDEA.

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References

  1. 1 2 http://boholdeafacademy.ideadeaf.org/deaf-community-of-bohol/
  2. ↑ International Deaf Education Association
  3. ↑ http://www.lilianefoundationphil.org/2009/06/lfp-supports-deaf-children-in-bohol/
  4. ↑ "Project IDEA: International Deaf Education Association". Am Ann Deaf 134 (5): 338–40. December 1989. PMID 2618924.
  5. ↑ http://deafphilippines.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/first-class-hotel-proudly-run-by-deaf-people/

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