The First African Deaf University In Ghana

<i><b>Deaf News: Ghana will become the second in the world to host Deaf University after America’s Gallaudet University in Washington.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-first-african-deaf-university-in.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="African Deaf University will be built in Ghana"><img height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPMeoCWdimDsYBbapBky7EW3fNLbRLAmjImjstUxyFmWs_wGN_kSwXYRUuKn79WcyX6AP4EhpqVz3z8GrCWYFDMzki9xpQqrd22gfU07tfIrzcZPoKIMv62M9KntLsCtV2lBB8rKplfpH/s320/african-deaf-university.jpg" width="300" /></a>ACCRA, GHANA -- The first ever University for the Deaf in Africa is to be constructed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana" target="_blank">Ghana</a> to simplify education and communication in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_languages" target="_blank">sign language</a> on the continent.<br /><br /><br /><br />The University, which is expected to be operational in about two years, will be situated on the Techiman campus of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_View_University" target="_blank">Valley View University</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brong-Ahafo_Region" target="_blank">Brong Ahafo</a> region.<br /><br /><br /><br />The former president of the <a href="http://www.eud.eu/" target="_blank">European Union for the Deaf</a>, Jean-Francois Labes, made the disclosure during a courtesy call on the management of <a href="http://starrfmonline.com/" target="_blank">Excellence in Broadcasting Network</a> (EIB) - operators of Starr 103.5 FM and a host of other media houses.<br /><br /><br /><br />He said the University will bridge the gap between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_%28person%29" target="_blank">hearing</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">hearing impaired</a> as far as “education is concerned.”<br /><br /><br /><br />According to him, the facility will run as a mainstream university which will have faculties such as data processing, business, law and medicine as well as vocational departments among others. The University will be opened to all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> students in Africa.<br /><br /><br /><br />J. F. Labes, who communicates in the sign language, told <a href="http://starrfmonline.com/1.9153718" target="_blank">Starrfmonline.com</a> he bought into the idea after officials of <a href="https://www.fondation-sncf.org/en/" target="_blank">Mieux Vivre Foundation</a> mooted it to him since he had helped establish schools for the Deaf in France – his home country – and in Morocco.<br /><br /><br /><br />He was full of praise for the “exceptional” Vice Chancellor of Valley View University Prof. Robert Osei-Bonsu, who immediately offered a 50-acre space to construct the University for the Deaf. He stressed that the university is going to be autonomous, despite being on the campus of Valley View University.<br /><br /><br /><br />“I’m so impressed that we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),” J. F. Labes, who is also the president of Unisda said. “We chose Ghana because it is a stable country and peaceful since it is the first in sub-Saharan Africa to attain independence.”<br /><br /><br /><br />He announced that Ghana will become the second in the world to host such facility after America’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaudet_University" target="_blank">Gallaudet University</a> in Washington.<br /><br /><br /><br />A sponsors’ gathering is expected to be held in September in Ghana to appeal for funds for the ground-breaking initiative. Stakeholders including MPs, officials in the education sector and office of the president are scheduled to grace the occasion.<br /><br /><br /><br />“We want to make sure that everyone including the Deaf will have equal access to education. Persons with hearing impairments are more in Africa and in Ghana alone they make up 7% of the population. There is the need for education for those people hence our resolve to come up with the University,” he noted.<br /><br /><br /><br />He noted that all stakeholders including the schools of the Deaf in Ghana, national association of the Deaf have all been involved in the project.<br /><br /><br /><br />Accompanying J. F. Labes to EIB Network were officials of Evanmike Multi Company Limited – the firm helping with negotiations – Aaron N’Kiambi-Yavanga, Akouate Fianou, the secretary general and vice president respectively of Mieux Vivre Foundation and Sara Minneboo, the interpreter. <a href="http://www.starrfmonline.com/1.9153718" target="_blank">SOURCE</a>

The First African Deaf University In Ghana

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