Vadec (Christchurch)

New Zealand / Canterbury / Lyttelton / Christchurch
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Van Asch Deaf Education Centre was opened in March 1880 and was the first fully government funded school for the Deaf in the world. Situated in the valley of the seaside suburb of Sumner, van Asch is 15 kilometers from the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand. Originally called Sumner School for the Deaf it was renamed in 1995 after its first Principal Gerrit van Asch.
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Coordinates:   43°34'52"S   172°45'24"E

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  • Originally called Sumner School for the Deaf it was renamed in 1995 after its first Principal Gerrit van Asch. The Centre works in partnership with parents, the Deaf Community, teachers and other professionals supporting deaf and hearing-impaired students on site and in the Central Southern Regions of New Zealand
  • The congress of educators of the deaf held in Milan, Italy recommended that the oral method was the most effective way of teaching deaf children. Sumner Deaf and Dumb Institution opened.Gerrit van Asch was appointed principal. Oral teaching promoted, sign language strictly forbidden.
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