Deaf Education Programs Around the World
This list contains various Deaf education programs (Deaf schools, mainstream settings and university programs) around the world.
*Please note that this list is not exhaustive. Some places may have schools that are not listed on the web, or have a webpage. Also, a list of schools for many countries can be found on the Gallaudet website. If you know of any Deaf schools in your country that haven't been added to the list, please feel free to e-mail me the information at [email protected] .
1 Afghanistan
Afghan National School for the Deaf ( article - No website yet)
A Good Sign: Afghan School for Vulnerable Children (article)
2 Albania
Residential Deaf School in Tirana
3 Algeria
* No websites or names of schools found
4 American Samoa
Manulele School
5 Andorra
*No websites or names of schools found on the web
6 Angola
Da escola do ensino especial de Benguela (School for the Deaf in Benguela)
7 Anguilla
* No information found
8 Antarctica
* No information found
9 Antigua and Barbuda
School for the Deaf and Visually Impaired, Factory Road
10 Argentina
Oral Institute of Buenos Aires
* There are some more not listed on the internet
11 Armenia
*No information available
12 Aruba
*No information available
13 Australia
Forest Hill College
Furlong Park School for Deaf Children
Mosman Park Primary School
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
Thomas Pattison School
Toowong State School
Victorian College for the Deaf
14 Austria
*7 schools for the Deaf in existence but not listed on the web
15 Azerbaijan
*No information available
16 Bahamas, The
International Christian Centers for the Deaf
17 Bahrain
Have deaf education settings in existence but no specific information listed. * No bilingual programs apparently.
18 Bangladesh
*Most deaf schools are oral schools. No specific schools and websites listed.
19 Barbados
The Irving Wilson School (formerly School for the Deaf and Blind)
20 Belarus
Deaf Orphanage
No schools listed
21 Belgium
Deaf schools - information not listed. (A variety of regional dialects developed there.)
22 Belize
Cayo Deaf Institute
Holy Cross Anglican School
La Isla Bonita Elementary School
Stella Maris School and the Belize Academy for the Deaf
St Peter's Anglican School
23 Benin
School for the Deaf - Benin City
24 Bhutan
Wangsel Deaf School in Paro
25 Bolivia
Arca Maranatha
Audiologico "Cochabamba"
Unidad Educativa IDEPPSO
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina
*No information available
27 Botswana
Ramotswa Deaf School
28 Brazil
Instituto Santa Teresinha - Sao Paulo
Divisão de Educação e Reabilitação dos Distúrbio da Comunicação (DERDIC) - Sao Paulo
Escola para Crianças Surdas Rio Branco - nas dependências do Colégio Rio Branco -School for Deaf in Rio Branco
Instituto Londrinense de Educação de Surdos
Centro Educacional da Audição e Linguagem "Ludovico Pavoni"- CEAL-LP
29 Brunei
*There is no schooling provided for the Deaf in Brunei, including kindergarten. If the parents can afford it they send their children to the Penang School for the Deaf in Malaysia.
30 Bulgaria
Deaf School in Sofia
31 Burkina Faso
École de Sourd Éphphatha (Ephphatha School for the Deaf)
32 Burma (present-day Myanmar)
Mary Chapman School for the Deaf in Yangon
Kalay Immanuel School for the Deaf
33 Burundi
Ecole Ephphatha pour les Sourds
34 Cambodia
Deaf Development Programme
Krousar Thmey School for the Deaf
35 Cameroon
Centre d'Education Spécialisée et de Réhabilitation des Sourds et Malentendants (CERSOM)
Ephphatha Institute for the Deaf (EID)
Foyer Pere Monti (Deaf School)
Centre de Reeducation des enfants Sourds (CRES) - Deaf School
Ecole Specialisee pour deficients auditif (ESEDA) -Deaf School
CRESAS - Deaf school
Institut Evagelique Des Jeunes Sourds Et Aveugles
Institut Missionnaire Et Social Des Jeunes Handicapes
Institute National Evangelique des Enfants deficients Auditifs et Visuels -The Life House Deaf School and Orphanage
Institut Specialise Pour Deficients Auditifs (Isda)
36 Canada
Alberta School for the Deaf
British Columbia School for the Deaf
E. C. Drury School for the Deaf
Halifax School for the Deaf
MacKay School for the Deaf
Manitoba School for the Deaf
Metro Toronto School for the Deaf
Montreal Oral School for the Deaf
Newfoundland School for the Deaf
Robarts School for the Deaf
Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf
37 Cayman Islands
*No Deaf School
38 Central African Republic
* No information available
39 Chad
Centre de Formation des Handicapes Auditifs Doba (CFHA) - primary education
Centre de formation professionnelle des jeunes sourds (CFPJS) - training for deaf youths
Centre de Rehabilitation des sourds Lai (CRS) - primary education
Centre d'Education des sourds Sarh
Centre d'Education et de promontion Sociale des Sourds (CEPSS)
College Privee Andrew Foster des Sourds (CPAFS)
College specialisee des Sourds (CSS)
40 Chile
Chilean Deaf School - bilingual program in Santiago de Chile
Jorge Otto School for the Deaf - Santiago
41 China
Agape Love Deaf International
Beijing Experimental School for the Deaf
Beijing Union University
Jinling Institute of Technology of Nanjing
Nanjing School of the Deaf
School of Art and Design of Shanghai Institute of Technology
Special Education College of Beijing University
Special Education College of Changchun University
Technical College for the Deaf - Tianjin University of Technology
The Amity Foundation - Bilingual Deaf Project
Zhengzhou Normal University Special Education College
Zhongzhou University
China also has bilingual deaf programs established in the following regions with no info available on the web:
Jiangsu
Sichuan
Guizhou
Kunming
Hefei
Nanjing
42 Colombia
Colegio Filadelfia para Sordos
Instituto Nacional para Sordos (INSOR), a Colombian Department of Education that provides bilingual education for young deaf children
43 Comoros
* No information available
44 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Centre Espoir des sourds
Centre Protestant pour Enfants Handicapés CPK KOLI
Ecole Bolingo pour les sourds de Mbandaka
Ecole des sourds de Ariwara
Ecole des sourds Beto Tuba de Kikwit
Ecole des sourds de Gemena
45 Congo, Republic of the
*No information listed
46 Costa Rica
Fernando Centeno Guell deaf school in San Jose
*other schools for the deaf not listed
47 Cote d'Ivoire
Ecole Ivoirienne Pour Les Sourds De Côte D'ivoire (EcIS) - Founded by Andrew Foster
48 Croatia
The Department for Hearing Impairment of the University of Zagreb School of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences
The SUVAG Polyclinic (Systeme universel verbotonal d'audition Guberina)
49 Cuba
Deaf school in Havana
50 Cyprus
Cyprus School for the Deaf ([email protected])
51 Czech Republic
Institute of Deaf Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague
52 Denmark
Castberggård
The only folk high school (adult education program) for deaf and hard of hearing students in Denmark, job center, and home to the international Frontrunners leadership training course . Sign language is the primary mode of communication.
53 Djibouti
*No information available
54 Dominica
* No information available
55 Dominican Republic
Deaf School in Santo Domingo
Threesixteen Missions deaf school, Manzanillo
Vocational School for the Deaf in Puerto Plata
56 Ecuador
Instituto Nacional de Audición y Lenguaje - largest deaf school in the country (bilingual program)
Instituto Especial para Niños Ciegos y Sordos Mariana de Jesus (Total Communication)
Movimiento de Educación Popular Fe y Alegría
Instituto de Educacion Especial para Dificitarios Auditivos
Escuela de Sordos de Chimborazo
Escuela San Joaquin Y Santa Ana
Escuela Especial del Patronato Muicipal del Nino de Quevedo
57 Egypt
The Deaf Unit - Cairo
58 El Salvador
Escuela Cristiana para Sordos (Christian School for the Deaf) in San Salvador
El Salvador School for the Deaf
59 Equatorial Guinea
* No information available
60 Eritrea
Keren's School for the Deaf
61 Estonia
*No information available
62 Ethiopia
Akaki
ENAD Pre-School for deaf children
Mekanisa School for the Deaf
Yekatit 23
Alfa School for the Deaf
Menelik II Secondary School
63 Fiji
Gospel School for the Deaf, Suva
64 Finland
Finland School for the Deaf
Merikartano (the School for the Hearing Impaired in Oulu)
65 France
Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris - The World's first free school for the Deaf established by Charles-Michel de l'Épée
66 Gabon
* No information available
67 Gambia, The
St. John's Deaf School
68 Georgia
*No information available
69 Germany
Berlin School for the Deaf
LBZH Deaf School, Oldenburg
70 Ghana
Deaf Kids Nursery
71 Greece
*Evidence of Deaf schools but no specific school or website listed.
72 Greenland
*used to be a school for the deaf but it closed down. Deaf students are mainstreamed.
73 Grenada
*No information available
74 Guam
*public schools with deaf programs at the PC Lujan Elementary, the AJ Middle School, and John F. Kennedy High School
75 Guatemala
Las Voces del Silencio (LAVOSI) in Jocotenango
Escucha Mis Manos in Jutiapa (Chrisitan)
A school for the deaf in the capital, Guatemala City
A big school for the deaf in Quetzaltenango (approx 100 students. Have a distinct dialect of Guatemalan Sign Language (La Lengua de Señas Guatemalteca). The University of VA is doing a big project there through grants. )
76 Guinea
* No information available
77 Guinea-Bissau
*No information available
78 Guyana
David Rose Special School
79 Haiti
Haiti Christian School for the Deaf
Haiti Deaf Academy
Traditional day schools do not exist for deaf children. They attend boarding schools.
80 Honduras
Amor En Accion, a Deaf Vocational School
Manos Felices "Happy Hands" Christian School for Deaf Children
Signs of Love runs a Deaf school in La Ceiba
81 Hong Kong
Chun Tok School (Formerly known as Hong Kong School for the Deaf)
Jockey Club Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrollment in Deaf Education Programme
Lutheran School for the Deaf
82 Hungary
Hallássérültek Tanintézete (school for the deaf in Budapest)
83 Iceland
*One school for the deaf
84 India
Bajaj Institute of Learning
Bridge Program at Dr. Shalunthala Mishra University
Deaf Enabled Foundation
Ferrando Speech and Hearing Center
First Steps (early bilingual Ed) (Facebook page)
Indore Deaf Bilingual Academy
National Institute of Speech and Hearing
Noida Deaf Society
* Link to almost all the Deaf schools in India
85 Indonesia
Bali Deaf School in Jimbaran
86 Iran
Baghcheban Number One in Yuosef Abad (school for boys) - باغچه بان شماره ۱ (یوسف اباد)
Baghcheban Number Two in TehranPars (school for girls) - باغچه بان شماره ۲ (تهرانپارس)
Baghcheban Number Three in St. Dolat (school for boys) - ۳- باغچه بان شماره ۳ (خیابان دولت)
Nimrooz in Gisha (school for girls) - ۴- نیمروز مدرسه دخترانه (گیشا)
*Names of schools were translated from Farsi into English by Ardavan Guity
*Website containing names of Deaf schools in Tehran in Farsi language -
http://www.medu.ir/portal/Home/Default.aspx?CategoryID=9be5ee7c-9258-434d-81ea-b1799f5cd098
87 Iraq
88 Ireland
Model School for the Deaf Project
St. Joseph's School for Deaf Boys, Dublin
89 Israel
Has 3 major approaches to Deaf ed - oral approach, total communication, and bilingual approach
One school for deaf Arab children in Nazareth
Jewish children integrated into classes for the hearing.
In large cities like Haifa and Jaffa, Arab deaf children are sent to Jewish schools so they receive education in Hebrew and therefore do not learn how to read lips in Arabic. This then thwarts communication with their families and cultural surroundings.
For a detailed account of current trends in Deaf ed in Israel read Equal Opportunity and Oppression in Education: The Case of Deaf Education in Israel
90 Italy
Antonio Provolo Institute for the Deaf
91 Jamaica
Caribbean Christian Center for the Deaf
92 Japan
Fukushima Prefectural School for the Deaf
Matsumoto School for the Deaf
Meisei Gakuen School for the Deaf
Nagasaki Prefectural Sasebo School for the Deaf
National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology (Deaf Program)
Ohta School for the Deaf
Okazaki School for the Deaf
Tokyo School for the Deaf
Tsukuba University of Technology - Deaf Center
93 Jordan
Holy Land Institute for the Deaf
94 Kazakhstan
95 Kenya
Humble Hearts School
Kisii School for the Deaf
Little Rock Early Childhood Development Center
96 Korea, North
School for the Deaf in Songchon
8 Schools for older deaf children outside Pyongyang (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a6029e782fbc4615833755057d0a2b42/german-attempts-break-down-barriers-deaf-n-korea)
97 Korea, South
Busan Deaf School
Gwanju Inhwa School
Samsung Deaf School (Seoul)
Seoul National School for the Deaf
Sunhwa School (Jeonju)
Sungsim School (Chungju)
*no webpages available
98 Kuwait
99 Kyrgyzstan
100 Laos
101 Latvia
102 Lebanon
103 Lesotho
104 Liberia
Monrovia School for the Deaf
Liberia School for the Deaf
Deaf Ministry School
Hope School for the Deaf
105 Libya
106 Liechtenstein
107 Lithuania
Vilnius Deaf Boarding School
108 Luxembourg
109 Macau
110 Macedonia
111 Madagascar
AKA.MA.
FOFAMA
SEMAMO
SEMATO
112 Malawi
113 Malaysia
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pendidikan Khas Persekutuan (the Federation Special Education National Secondary School, formerly known as the Federation School for the Deaf) in Penang
*More Deaf schools in existence but not listed on the web.
114 Maldives
115 Mali
116 Malta
117 Mauritania
118 Mauritius
119 Mexico
Centro Clotet in Cancun
Instituto Pedagogico para Problema de Lenguaje Mexico, D. F.
Instituto Rosendo Olleta (IRO)
Jos David Institute, AC
120 Moldova
121 Monaco
122 Mongolia
Mongolian 29th High School for the Deaf
123 Morocco
124 Mozambique
125 Namibia
126 Nauru
127 Nepal
Bhaktapur
Birat Secondary School
Chandikalika Deaf Primary School
Deaf School in Banepa
Gorkha Association of the Deaf School
Nepal School for the Deaf
Purbanchal Deaf School
Siddha Deaf School
Kathmandu School for the Deaf
128 Netherlands
129 New Caledonia
130 New Zealand
Kelston Deaf Education Centre - Auckland
Van Asch Deaf Education Centre - Christchurch
131 Nicaragua
132 Niger
133 Nigeria
Wesley School for the Deaf (Surulere Lagos)
Ibadan School for the Deaf (Ibadan, Oyo state)
Christian Missionary School for the Deaf (Andrew Foster School) (Ibadan)
Plateau School for the Deaf (Jos, Plateau State)
Kwara state school for the Deaf (Ilorin, Kwara State)
134 Norway
Bjorkasen School for the Deaf
135 Oman
136 Pakistan
Family Educational Services Foundation
Ida Rieu School
Lahore Speech and Language School
137 Palau
138 Panama
139 Papua New Guinea
Mount Sion Centre for the Blind and Disable Persons - has Deaf units in the school (most notable school situated in Goroka)
*A Catholic-run boarding school for the handicapped, especially the deaf and blind. They are taught the basic techniques of effective communication, using sign language and reading and typing in Braille.
*There are around 20 Deaf units for up to grade 4 at mainstream schools around PNG. Although qualified teachers are paid by the government, it's largely funded by Callan Services.
Contact Person: Michael Lulu [email protected]
140 Paraguay
141 Peru
Instituto de Rehabilitatión de Discapacidades
Instituto de Ciegos
Institución Educativa Básica Especial
Señora del Pilar
Unámonos
Harvest Deaf School
La Purísima
Niño Jesús de Prago
Chaskawasy
Don José de San Martín
San Francisco de Asís (Hogar San Francisco)
CEBE Centro de Educación Básica Especial, Iquitos
CEBE Clavero School (Centro Educativo Básico Especial Tnte. M Clavero)
CEBE Fanning School
CEBE Centro de Educación Básica Especial, PJ 9 de Octubre
Efata
C.D.D. Manual Duato
C.E.E No. 14 La Sagrada Familia
C.E.E. Perú Holanda
CEPAEE
Fernando Wiese Eslava de la Asociación (CPAL)
I.E.P. Bilingüe Inmaculada Concepción
La Asociación de Sordos Ciegos del Perú
La Inmaculada Niños Sordos (CPEEED)
Prolongación Renato Descartes (PSJE)
Santo Toribio
142 Philippines
De La Salle - College of St. Benilde
DMI College of Davao City (Deaf Ministries International)
Fishermen of Christ Learning Centers
Miriam College - Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf – Total Communication
Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf
Philippine School for the Deaf
Philippine Institute for the Deaf - Oral
143 Poland
Dolnośląski Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy Nr 12 dla Niesłyszących i Słabosłyszących we Wrocławiu
INSTYTUT GŁUCHONIEMYCH
OŚRODEK SZKOLNO-WYCHOWAWCZY DLA GŁUCHYCH
Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy nr 2 dla Niesłyszących i Słabosłyszących w Wejherowie
Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy nr 2 w Otwocku
*There are 39 Deaf schools in Poland.
144 Portugal
145 Puerto Rico
Christian School and Chapel for the Deaf
146 Qatar
147 Romania
*No information available
148 Russia
Moscow Bilingual Deaf School Association
*evidence of other Deaf schools available but no names or specific website listed on the internet
149 Rwanda
150 Samoa
151 Saudi Arabia
152 Senegal
153 Serbia and Montenegro
154 Sierra Leone
155 Singapore
Canossian School - Oral
Lighthouse School
Mountbatten Vocational School
Singapore School for the Deaf- Total Communication
156 Slovakia
157 Slovenia
158 Solomon Islands
San Isidro Training Centre in San Isidro
159 Somalia
160 South Africa
Deaf Education University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
De La Bat School for the Deaf
Dominican School for the Deaf
Durban School for Hearing Impaired
Fulton School for the Deaf
Osizweni Special School
Reuben Birin School for the Hearing Impaired
Sizwile School for the Deaf
St Thomas School for the Deaf
Transoranje School for the Deaf
VN Naik School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Northwest Secondary School for the Deaf
(*many more in existence)
161 Spain
Tres Pins Elementary School, Barcelona
162 Sri Lanka
Ch/Sviraja Deaf And Blind School
Galpatha Sukitha Special
Jayasevana Special School
Nuffield School in Kaithady
Ratmalana School for the Deaf
Sambodhi Junior School
Senkadagala Deaf and Blind
Sri Chandrasekara S.f.t.d.
St Josephs School for the Deaf
Yasodara Deaf And Blind School
163 Sudan
164 Swaziland
165 Sweden
Birgittaskolan School for the Deaf
Kristinaskolan School for the Deaf
Manillaskolan School for the Deaf
Ostervangskolan School for the Deaf
Vanerskolan School for the Deaf
166 Switzerland
International School for the Deaf and Blind
167 Syria
168 Taiwan
Taipei School for the Hearing Impaired
169 Tajikistan
School for Deaf and Mute
170 Tanzania
Tabora Deaf-Mute Institute
171 Thailand
Sethsatian School, Bangkok
School for the Deaf, Chiangmai
*Deaf schools in Thailand are commonly boarding schools. No list of schools and their websites available.
172 Timor-Leste
173 Togo
174 Tonga
175 Trinidad and Tobago
176 Tunisia
177 Turkey
Education and Research Centre for Hearing-Impaired Children
Integrated College for the Disabled
178 Turkmenistan
179 Tuvalu
180 Uganda
Masaka Deaf School
Uganda School for the Deaf
181 Ukraine
Specialized orphanage school for deaf pupils in Dnipropetrovsk
*schools are available but no specific information listed on the website.
182 United Arab Emirates
Al Amal School for Deaf Students
183 United Kingdom
Doncaster School for the Deaf
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
Frank Barnes School for Deaf
Hamilton School for the Deaf
Knightsfield School
Longwill School for the Deaf
Mary Hare
Oak Lodge School
Royal School for the Deaf Derby
The Royal School for Deaf Children Margate
(*many more schools on the web)
184 United States
American School for the Deaf
California School for the Deaf Fremont
Gallaudet University
George Washington Elementary (Co-enrollment)
Indiana School for the Deaf
Kendall Demonstration Elementary School
Lexington School for the Deaf
Maryland School for the Deaf
Miles Exploratory Learning Center (Co-enrollment)
Model Secondary School for the Deaf
National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology
The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
(*many more schools throughout the USA not listed here)
185 Uruguay
186 Uzbekistan
187 Vanuatu
188 Venezuela
189 Vietnam
Trung Tam Nghien Cuu Thuc Day Van Hoa Diec in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai province
Trung tam giao duc tre khuyet tat Thuan An in Binh Duong province:
Hy Vong Quan 1 in Ho Chi Minh City
Hy Vong Quan 8 in Ho Chi Minh City
Truong day tre diec Nhan Chinh in Ha Noi
190 West Bank
191 Yemen
192 Zambia
193 Zimbabwe
*Please note that this list is not exhaustive. Some places may have schools that are not listed on the web, or have a webpage. Also, a list of schools for many countries can be found on the Gallaudet website. If you know of any Deaf schools in your country that haven't been added to the list, please feel free to e-mail me the information at [email protected] .
1 Afghanistan
Afghan National School for the Deaf ( article - No website yet)
A Good Sign: Afghan School for Vulnerable Children (article)
2 Albania
Residential Deaf School in Tirana
3 Algeria
* No websites or names of schools found
4 American Samoa
Manulele School
5 Andorra
*No websites or names of schools found on the web
6 Angola
Da escola do ensino especial de Benguela (School for the Deaf in Benguela)
7 Anguilla
* No information found
8 Antarctica
* No information found
9 Antigua and Barbuda
School for the Deaf and Visually Impaired, Factory Road
10 Argentina
Oral Institute of Buenos Aires
* There are some more not listed on the internet
11 Armenia
*No information available
12 Aruba
*No information available
13 Australia
Forest Hill College
Furlong Park School for Deaf Children
Mosman Park Primary School
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
Thomas Pattison School
Toowong State School
Victorian College for the Deaf
14 Austria
*7 schools for the Deaf in existence but not listed on the web
15 Azerbaijan
*No information available
16 Bahamas, The
International Christian Centers for the Deaf
17 Bahrain
Have deaf education settings in existence but no specific information listed. * No bilingual programs apparently.
18 Bangladesh
*Most deaf schools are oral schools. No specific schools and websites listed.
19 Barbados
The Irving Wilson School (formerly School for the Deaf and Blind)
20 Belarus
Deaf Orphanage
No schools listed
21 Belgium
Deaf schools - information not listed. (A variety of regional dialects developed there.)
22 Belize
Cayo Deaf Institute
Holy Cross Anglican School
La Isla Bonita Elementary School
Stella Maris School and the Belize Academy for the Deaf
St Peter's Anglican School
23 Benin
School for the Deaf - Benin City
24 Bhutan
Wangsel Deaf School in Paro
25 Bolivia
Arca Maranatha
Audiologico "Cochabamba"
Unidad Educativa IDEPPSO
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina
*No information available
27 Botswana
Ramotswa Deaf School
28 Brazil
Instituto Santa Teresinha - Sao Paulo
Divisão de Educação e Reabilitação dos Distúrbio da Comunicação (DERDIC) - Sao Paulo
Escola para Crianças Surdas Rio Branco - nas dependências do Colégio Rio Branco -School for Deaf in Rio Branco
Instituto Londrinense de Educação de Surdos
Centro Educacional da Audição e Linguagem "Ludovico Pavoni"- CEAL-LP
29 Brunei
*There is no schooling provided for the Deaf in Brunei, including kindergarten. If the parents can afford it they send their children to the Penang School for the Deaf in Malaysia.
30 Bulgaria
Deaf School in Sofia
31 Burkina Faso
École de Sourd Éphphatha (Ephphatha School for the Deaf)
32 Burma (present-day Myanmar)
Mary Chapman School for the Deaf in Yangon
Kalay Immanuel School for the Deaf
33 Burundi
Ecole Ephphatha pour les Sourds
34 Cambodia
Deaf Development Programme
Krousar Thmey School for the Deaf
35 Cameroon
Centre d'Education Spécialisée et de Réhabilitation des Sourds et Malentendants (CERSOM)
Ephphatha Institute for the Deaf (EID)
Foyer Pere Monti (Deaf School)
Centre de Reeducation des enfants Sourds (CRES) - Deaf School
Ecole Specialisee pour deficients auditif (ESEDA) -Deaf School
CRESAS - Deaf school
Institut Evagelique Des Jeunes Sourds Et Aveugles
Institut Missionnaire Et Social Des Jeunes Handicapes
Institute National Evangelique des Enfants deficients Auditifs et Visuels -The Life House Deaf School and Orphanage
Institut Specialise Pour Deficients Auditifs (Isda)
36 Canada
Alberta School for the Deaf
British Columbia School for the Deaf
E. C. Drury School for the Deaf
Halifax School for the Deaf
MacKay School for the Deaf
Manitoba School for the Deaf
Metro Toronto School for the Deaf
Montreal Oral School for the Deaf
Newfoundland School for the Deaf
Robarts School for the Deaf
Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf
37 Cayman Islands
*No Deaf School
38 Central African Republic
* No information available
39 Chad
Centre de Formation des Handicapes Auditifs Doba (CFHA) - primary education
Centre de formation professionnelle des jeunes sourds (CFPJS) - training for deaf youths
Centre de Rehabilitation des sourds Lai (CRS) - primary education
Centre d'Education des sourds Sarh
Centre d'Education et de promontion Sociale des Sourds (CEPSS)
College Privee Andrew Foster des Sourds (CPAFS)
College specialisee des Sourds (CSS)
40 Chile
Chilean Deaf School - bilingual program in Santiago de Chile
Jorge Otto School for the Deaf - Santiago
41 China
Agape Love Deaf International
Beijing Experimental School for the Deaf
Beijing Union University
Jinling Institute of Technology of Nanjing
Nanjing School of the Deaf
School of Art and Design of Shanghai Institute of Technology
Special Education College of Beijing University
Special Education College of Changchun University
Technical College for the Deaf - Tianjin University of Technology
The Amity Foundation - Bilingual Deaf Project
Zhengzhou Normal University Special Education College
Zhongzhou University
China also has bilingual deaf programs established in the following regions with no info available on the web:
Jiangsu
Sichuan
Guizhou
Kunming
Hefei
Nanjing
42 Colombia
Colegio Filadelfia para Sordos
Instituto Nacional para Sordos (INSOR), a Colombian Department of Education that provides bilingual education for young deaf children
43 Comoros
* No information available
44 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Centre Espoir des sourds
Centre Protestant pour Enfants Handicapés CPK KOLI
Ecole Bolingo pour les sourds de Mbandaka
Ecole des sourds de Ariwara
Ecole des sourds Beto Tuba de Kikwit
Ecole des sourds de Gemena
45 Congo, Republic of the
*No information listed
46 Costa Rica
Fernando Centeno Guell deaf school in San Jose
*other schools for the deaf not listed
47 Cote d'Ivoire
Ecole Ivoirienne Pour Les Sourds De Côte D'ivoire (EcIS) - Founded by Andrew Foster
48 Croatia
The Department for Hearing Impairment of the University of Zagreb School of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences
The SUVAG Polyclinic (Systeme universel verbotonal d'audition Guberina)
49 Cuba
Deaf school in Havana
50 Cyprus
Cyprus School for the Deaf ([email protected])
51 Czech Republic
Institute of Deaf Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague
52 Denmark
Castberggård
The only folk high school (adult education program) for deaf and hard of hearing students in Denmark, job center, and home to the international Frontrunners leadership training course . Sign language is the primary mode of communication.
53 Djibouti
*No information available
54 Dominica
* No information available
55 Dominican Republic
Deaf School in Santo Domingo
Threesixteen Missions deaf school, Manzanillo
Vocational School for the Deaf in Puerto Plata
56 Ecuador
Instituto Nacional de Audición y Lenguaje - largest deaf school in the country (bilingual program)
Instituto Especial para Niños Ciegos y Sordos Mariana de Jesus (Total Communication)
Movimiento de Educación Popular Fe y Alegría
Instituto de Educacion Especial para Dificitarios Auditivos
Escuela de Sordos de Chimborazo
Escuela San Joaquin Y Santa Ana
Escuela Especial del Patronato Muicipal del Nino de Quevedo
57 Egypt
The Deaf Unit - Cairo
58 El Salvador
Escuela Cristiana para Sordos (Christian School for the Deaf) in San Salvador
El Salvador School for the Deaf
59 Equatorial Guinea
* No information available
60 Eritrea
Keren's School for the Deaf
61 Estonia
*No information available
62 Ethiopia
Akaki
ENAD Pre-School for deaf children
Mekanisa School for the Deaf
Yekatit 23
Alfa School for the Deaf
Menelik II Secondary School
63 Fiji
Gospel School for the Deaf, Suva
64 Finland
Finland School for the Deaf
Merikartano (the School for the Hearing Impaired in Oulu)
65 France
Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris - The World's first free school for the Deaf established by Charles-Michel de l'Épée
66 Gabon
* No information available
67 Gambia, The
St. John's Deaf School
68 Georgia
*No information available
69 Germany
Berlin School for the Deaf
LBZH Deaf School, Oldenburg
70 Ghana
Deaf Kids Nursery
71 Greece
*Evidence of Deaf schools but no specific school or website listed.
72 Greenland
*used to be a school for the deaf but it closed down. Deaf students are mainstreamed.
73 Grenada
*No information available
74 Guam
*public schools with deaf programs at the PC Lujan Elementary, the AJ Middle School, and John F. Kennedy High School
75 Guatemala
Las Voces del Silencio (LAVOSI) in Jocotenango
Escucha Mis Manos in Jutiapa (Chrisitan)
A school for the deaf in the capital, Guatemala City
A big school for the deaf in Quetzaltenango (approx 100 students. Have a distinct dialect of Guatemalan Sign Language (La Lengua de Señas Guatemalteca). The University of VA is doing a big project there through grants. )
76 Guinea
* No information available
77 Guinea-Bissau
*No information available
78 Guyana
David Rose Special School
79 Haiti
Haiti Christian School for the Deaf
Haiti Deaf Academy
Traditional day schools do not exist for deaf children. They attend boarding schools.
80 Honduras
Amor En Accion, a Deaf Vocational School
Manos Felices "Happy Hands" Christian School for Deaf Children
Signs of Love runs a Deaf school in La Ceiba
81 Hong Kong
Chun Tok School (Formerly known as Hong Kong School for the Deaf)
Jockey Club Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrollment in Deaf Education Programme
Lutheran School for the Deaf
82 Hungary
Hallássérültek Tanintézete (school for the deaf in Budapest)
83 Iceland
*One school for the deaf
84 India
Bajaj Institute of Learning
Bridge Program at Dr. Shalunthala Mishra University
Deaf Enabled Foundation
Ferrando Speech and Hearing Center
First Steps (early bilingual Ed) (Facebook page)
Indore Deaf Bilingual Academy
National Institute of Speech and Hearing
Noida Deaf Society
* Link to almost all the Deaf schools in India
85 Indonesia
Bali Deaf School in Jimbaran
86 Iran
Baghcheban Number One in Yuosef Abad (school for boys) - باغچه بان شماره ۱ (یوسف اباد)
Baghcheban Number Two in TehranPars (school for girls) - باغچه بان شماره ۲ (تهرانپارس)
Baghcheban Number Three in St. Dolat (school for boys) - ۳- باغچه بان شماره ۳ (خیابان دولت)
Nimrooz in Gisha (school for girls) - ۴- نیمروز مدرسه دخترانه (گیشا)
*Names of schools were translated from Farsi into English by Ardavan Guity
*Website containing names of Deaf schools in Tehran in Farsi language -
http://www.medu.ir/portal/Home/Default.aspx?CategoryID=9be5ee7c-9258-434d-81ea-b1799f5cd098
87 Iraq
88 Ireland
Model School for the Deaf Project
St. Joseph's School for Deaf Boys, Dublin
89 Israel
Has 3 major approaches to Deaf ed - oral approach, total communication, and bilingual approach
One school for deaf Arab children in Nazareth
Jewish children integrated into classes for the hearing.
In large cities like Haifa and Jaffa, Arab deaf children are sent to Jewish schools so they receive education in Hebrew and therefore do not learn how to read lips in Arabic. This then thwarts communication with their families and cultural surroundings.
For a detailed account of current trends in Deaf ed in Israel read Equal Opportunity and Oppression in Education: The Case of Deaf Education in Israel
90 Italy
Antonio Provolo Institute for the Deaf
91 Jamaica
Caribbean Christian Center for the Deaf
92 Japan
Fukushima Prefectural School for the Deaf
Matsumoto School for the Deaf
Meisei Gakuen School for the Deaf
Nagasaki Prefectural Sasebo School for the Deaf
National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology (Deaf Program)
Ohta School for the Deaf
Okazaki School for the Deaf
Tokyo School for the Deaf
Tsukuba University of Technology - Deaf Center
93 Jordan
Holy Land Institute for the Deaf
94 Kazakhstan
95 Kenya
Humble Hearts School
Kisii School for the Deaf
Little Rock Early Childhood Development Center
96 Korea, North
School for the Deaf in Songchon
8 Schools for older deaf children outside Pyongyang (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a6029e782fbc4615833755057d0a2b42/german-attempts-break-down-barriers-deaf-n-korea)
97 Korea, South
Busan Deaf School
Gwanju Inhwa School
Samsung Deaf School (Seoul)
Seoul National School for the Deaf
Sunhwa School (Jeonju)
Sungsim School (Chungju)
*no webpages available
98 Kuwait
99 Kyrgyzstan
100 Laos
101 Latvia
102 Lebanon
103 Lesotho
104 Liberia
Monrovia School for the Deaf
Liberia School for the Deaf
Deaf Ministry School
Hope School for the Deaf
105 Libya
106 Liechtenstein
107 Lithuania
Vilnius Deaf Boarding School
108 Luxembourg
109 Macau
110 Macedonia
111 Madagascar
AKA.MA.
FOFAMA
SEMAMO
SEMATO
112 Malawi
113 Malaysia
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pendidikan Khas Persekutuan (the Federation Special Education National Secondary School, formerly known as the Federation School for the Deaf) in Penang
*More Deaf schools in existence but not listed on the web.
114 Maldives
115 Mali
116 Malta
117 Mauritania
118 Mauritius
119 Mexico
Centro Clotet in Cancun
Instituto Pedagogico para Problema de Lenguaje Mexico, D. F.
Instituto Rosendo Olleta (IRO)
Jos David Institute, AC
120 Moldova
121 Monaco
122 Mongolia
Mongolian 29th High School for the Deaf
123 Morocco
124 Mozambique
125 Namibia
126 Nauru
127 Nepal
Bhaktapur
Birat Secondary School
Chandikalika Deaf Primary School
Deaf School in Banepa
Gorkha Association of the Deaf School
Nepal School for the Deaf
Purbanchal Deaf School
Siddha Deaf School
Kathmandu School for the Deaf
128 Netherlands
129 New Caledonia
130 New Zealand
Kelston Deaf Education Centre - Auckland
Van Asch Deaf Education Centre - Christchurch
131 Nicaragua
132 Niger
133 Nigeria
Wesley School for the Deaf (Surulere Lagos)
Ibadan School for the Deaf (Ibadan, Oyo state)
Christian Missionary School for the Deaf (Andrew Foster School) (Ibadan)
Plateau School for the Deaf (Jos, Plateau State)
Kwara state school for the Deaf (Ilorin, Kwara State)
134 Norway
Bjorkasen School for the Deaf
135 Oman
136 Pakistan
Family Educational Services Foundation
Ida Rieu School
Lahore Speech and Language School
137 Palau
138 Panama
139 Papua New Guinea
Mount Sion Centre for the Blind and Disable Persons - has Deaf units in the school (most notable school situated in Goroka)
*A Catholic-run boarding school for the handicapped, especially the deaf and blind. They are taught the basic techniques of effective communication, using sign language and reading and typing in Braille.
*There are around 20 Deaf units for up to grade 4 at mainstream schools around PNG. Although qualified teachers are paid by the government, it's largely funded by Callan Services.
Contact Person: Michael Lulu [email protected]
140 Paraguay
141 Peru
Instituto de Rehabilitatión de Discapacidades
Instituto de Ciegos
Institución Educativa Básica Especial
Señora del Pilar
Unámonos
Harvest Deaf School
La Purísima
Niño Jesús de Prago
Chaskawasy
Don José de San Martín
San Francisco de Asís (Hogar San Francisco)
CEBE Centro de Educación Básica Especial, Iquitos
CEBE Clavero School (Centro Educativo Básico Especial Tnte. M Clavero)
CEBE Fanning School
CEBE Centro de Educación Básica Especial, PJ 9 de Octubre
Efata
C.D.D. Manual Duato
C.E.E No. 14 La Sagrada Familia
C.E.E. Perú Holanda
CEPAEE
Fernando Wiese Eslava de la Asociación (CPAL)
I.E.P. Bilingüe Inmaculada Concepción
La Asociación de Sordos Ciegos del Perú
La Inmaculada Niños Sordos (CPEEED)
Prolongación Renato Descartes (PSJE)
Santo Toribio
142 Philippines
De La Salle - College of St. Benilde
DMI College of Davao City (Deaf Ministries International)
Fishermen of Christ Learning Centers
Miriam College - Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf – Total Communication
Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf
Philippine School for the Deaf
Philippine Institute for the Deaf - Oral
143 Poland
Dolnośląski Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy Nr 12 dla Niesłyszących i Słabosłyszących we Wrocławiu
INSTYTUT GŁUCHONIEMYCH
OŚRODEK SZKOLNO-WYCHOWAWCZY DLA GŁUCHYCH
Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy nr 2 dla Niesłyszących i Słabosłyszących w Wejherowie
Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy nr 2 w Otwocku
*There are 39 Deaf schools in Poland.
144 Portugal
145 Puerto Rico
Christian School and Chapel for the Deaf
146 Qatar
147 Romania
*No information available
148 Russia
Moscow Bilingual Deaf School Association
*evidence of other Deaf schools available but no names or specific website listed on the internet
149 Rwanda
150 Samoa
151 Saudi Arabia
152 Senegal
153 Serbia and Montenegro
154 Sierra Leone
155 Singapore
Canossian School - Oral
Lighthouse School
Mountbatten Vocational School
Singapore School for the Deaf- Total Communication
156 Slovakia
157 Slovenia
158 Solomon Islands
San Isidro Training Centre in San Isidro
159 Somalia
160 South Africa
Deaf Education University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
De La Bat School for the Deaf
Dominican School for the Deaf
Durban School for Hearing Impaired
Fulton School for the Deaf
Osizweni Special School
Reuben Birin School for the Hearing Impaired
Sizwile School for the Deaf
St Thomas School for the Deaf
Transoranje School for the Deaf
VN Naik School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Northwest Secondary School for the Deaf
(*many more in existence)
161 Spain
Tres Pins Elementary School, Barcelona
162 Sri Lanka
Ch/Sviraja Deaf And Blind School
Galpatha Sukitha Special
Jayasevana Special School
Nuffield School in Kaithady
Ratmalana School for the Deaf
Sambodhi Junior School
Senkadagala Deaf and Blind
Sri Chandrasekara S.f.t.d.
St Josephs School for the Deaf
Yasodara Deaf And Blind School
163 Sudan
164 Swaziland
165 Sweden
Birgittaskolan School for the Deaf
Kristinaskolan School for the Deaf
Manillaskolan School for the Deaf
Ostervangskolan School for the Deaf
Vanerskolan School for the Deaf
166 Switzerland
International School for the Deaf and Blind
167 Syria
168 Taiwan
Taipei School for the Hearing Impaired
169 Tajikistan
School for Deaf and Mute
170 Tanzania
Tabora Deaf-Mute Institute
171 Thailand
Sethsatian School, Bangkok
School for the Deaf, Chiangmai
*Deaf schools in Thailand are commonly boarding schools. No list of schools and their websites available.
172 Timor-Leste
173 Togo
174 Tonga
175 Trinidad and Tobago
176 Tunisia
177 Turkey
Education and Research Centre for Hearing-Impaired Children
Integrated College for the Disabled
178 Turkmenistan
179 Tuvalu
180 Uganda
Masaka Deaf School
Uganda School for the Deaf
181 Ukraine
Specialized orphanage school for deaf pupils in Dnipropetrovsk
*schools are available but no specific information listed on the website.
182 United Arab Emirates
Al Amal School for Deaf Students
183 United Kingdom
Doncaster School for the Deaf
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
Frank Barnes School for Deaf
Hamilton School for the Deaf
Knightsfield School
Longwill School for the Deaf
Mary Hare
Oak Lodge School
Royal School for the Deaf Derby
The Royal School for Deaf Children Margate
(*many more schools on the web)
184 United States
American School for the Deaf
California School for the Deaf Fremont
Gallaudet University
George Washington Elementary (Co-enrollment)
Indiana School for the Deaf
Kendall Demonstration Elementary School
Lexington School for the Deaf
Maryland School for the Deaf
Miles Exploratory Learning Center (Co-enrollment)
Model Secondary School for the Deaf
National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology
The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
(*many more schools throughout the USA not listed here)
185 Uruguay
186 Uzbekistan
187 Vanuatu
188 Venezuela
189 Vietnam
Trung Tam Nghien Cuu Thuc Day Van Hoa Diec in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai province
Trung tam giao duc tre khuyet tat Thuan An in Binh Duong province:
Hy Vong Quan 1 in Ho Chi Minh City
Hy Vong Quan 8 in Ho Chi Minh City
Truong day tre diec Nhan Chinh in Ha Noi
190 West Bank
191 Yemen
192 Zambia
193 Zimbabwe
