Bohol Deaf Academy

High school

Bohol Deaf Academy
Location

Information
School type	Private School, High School
Established	2005
Gender	Mixed

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

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".^{[citation needed]} All of BDA's students receive partial or full scholarships—the only residential high school in the region with such status.^[2]

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 International Deaf Education Association (IDEA), Philippines, the largest private employer of deaf people in the country.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.

References

^ ^a ^b "Deaf Community of Bohol | Bohol Deaf Academy - High School for the Deaf". Archived from the original on 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
^ "LFP supports deaf children in Bohol » Liliane Foundation Philippines". Archived from the original on 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
^ Olson, J. R. (December 1989). "Project IDEA: International Deaf Education Association". Am Ann Deaf. 134 (5): 338–40. doi:10.1353/aad.2012.0527. PMID 2618924. S2CID 35114448.
^ ""First Class" Hotel proudly run by Deaf People". 22 August 2008.