Deaf-mute adviser Myra
Fe Grecia said that all the products displayed were the projects of
her pupils/students such as dyed t-shirt, tree straw, plastic tree,
rug, soap basket, rug bag, waiving paper, decorated pot/ art, pottery,
pyramid, mosaic and charcoal paper.
Grecia added that
she’s handling 10 elementary and 13 high schools through a multi-grade
teaching. There are also three (3) college deaf-mute students taking
up education and social work, respectively in same school while four
(4) are taking up agriculture at Northwest Samar State University.
SpEd (Special
Education) Center on the other hand is presently handling 29 deaf-mute
pupils according to its adviser Gemma Tapel.
In adherence to
Presidential Proclamation No. 823 issued on November 8, 1991 and
Department of Education Memorandum No. 397, s. 2010,
CKC has responded to undertake activities such as Sign
Language Literacy, Symposium on Health Education, Theater Play “An
Pag-ilawud”, Quiz bee and spelling contest and Variety Show.
Such undertakings do
not only pay tribute to countless individuals who, despite their
hearing and other impairments, endeavor to have access to education to
improve their share. A kind of support to every effort by bringing
them into the mainstream, where they too have a rightful place, and
help them to gain access to opportunities to become productive members
of the community and the country as a whole.
Studies reveal that
generally one to three individuals in every 1,000 births suffer from
some form of hearing impairment: 90 percent of deaf children are born
into families where both parents have hearing impairment; men are more
likely to experience hearing loss than women; and there is a strong
relationship between age and hearing loss.
Since other deaf-mute
children/adolescents belong to poor families, Philippine Saint Francis
of Assisi Deaf Center was built in Brgy.Carayman this city.
While processing its
application (to qualify as residence of deaf-mutes) at the Department
of Social Welfare and Development-RO 8 Standards Bureau, the center
has opened its office under the supervision of Fr. Hozo Sato, OFM.
The deaf center hopes
to formally open on June next year.
