ABOUT THE SCHOOL

Our mission is to provide education in a language conducive to the Deaf so that our learners develop holistically, strive for excellence and become independent, contributing members of society.

Most of our learner’s hail from different areas throughout KwaZulu-Natal, many from distant rural settings. The parents of most of our learners are economically disadvantaged and experience much difficulty meeting their financial obligations. Additionally, many of our learners come from single-parent families and a substantial number are orphans which creates difficulties for these children as the school can only do so much with the resources available to them. 

A huge focus point of the school is language development. When our learners enter school, they have a severe language delay as their hearing impairment affects their ability to learn spoken language. Language delays can also affect a child’s emotional and cognitive development, as our thinking and reasoning abilities are directly linked to our language skills. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that we mediate this language delay and allow our learners to reach and write their Matric with success and all the backing that they need. 

Most of our Deaf learners are born to hearing parents, parents who do not know sign language and as a result cannot communicate with their children. Most children use simple gestures and pointing to communicate with their parents when they are at home. This is not effective communication and hinders development and has a negative impact on the parent-child bond.