Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA) is a private, coed, residential Philippine

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for deaf students, located in

Tagbilaran Tagbilaran, officially the City of Tagbilaran ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 104,976 people. Encompassing a la ...

City,

Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region, consisting of the island itself and 75 m ...

. It was established in 2005 and specializes in advanced academic and vocational instruction for college and work-bound students. BDA is the only

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for the deaf in Bohol, and is recognized by the

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as a "school of excellence". All of BDA's students receive partial or full

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s—the only residential high school in the region with such status. The school is unique in the Philippines for offering a "Vocational Oriented" curriculum, which reserves 2 days per week for

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training, as well as on-the-job training with

International Deaf Education Association The International Deaf Education Association (IDEA) is an organization focused on educating the deaf in Bohol, Philippines initiated by the United States Peace Corps, under the leadership of Dennis Drake. The organization is a non-profit establishm ...

(IDEA), Philippines, the largest private employer of deaf people in the country. This relationship allows for internships in Dao Diamond Hotel—the only deaf-run hotel in the

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, the Garden cafe, a restaurant employing deaf adults, established in 1984, and the IDEA construction team. BDA is also the only high school in the country with a deaf Principal, deaf vocational and academic teachers, and deaf maintenance personnel. Completed in 2005, BDA was constructed by deaf

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s, and

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s from IDEA.

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