BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT THE SCHOOL
State School for the Deaf is a public basic special school for pupils with hearing and speech difficulties within the Ghana Education Service set up.
The school was established in August 1965 by Dr. Seth Tetteh Ocloo a hard of hearing person now domiciled in America. The school was then known as Osu Deaf Mission Centre. It was taken over by the Government of Ghana in 1969 and was renamed STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
The school has moved from three or more places since its establishment – first Osu, to Tesano, to Teshie and finally Adjei Kojo near Ashaiman in the Tema Municipality.
| TEACHING STAFF |
NON-TEACHING STAFF |
| 10 MALES |
7 MALES |
| 20 FEMALES |
8 FEMALES |
| TOTAL: 30 |
TOTAL: 15 |
Special Support Program (SSP)
We established the SSP for Students who can`t benefit from the regular lessons because of multiple handicaps or other difficulties like slow learning.
At the beginning we try to find out the strength and the weakeness of the student. For that we have developed an entry test which all of our new Students need to go through.
The test covers the most important issues like reading, writing, spelling, counting etc. that renders us to find out easily how to support the student and in what kind of setting (frequency, subjects, etc.)
Depending on the individual behavior of every student we decide if we teach him/her in a small group or rather alone.
Later on we set some individual goals for the student, including what he/she should achieve in a certain time. After that time we evaluate the efforts and see if the goals are achieved or if we have to continue working on them.
It`s important for us, to create a protected atmosphere without pressure or punishment. By advancing creavtive skills the students are also able to built up more self-confidence.
You are always welcome to visit us here, learn more about the programm or share some ideas.
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