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3 unusual facts about Kelston Deaf Education Centre


Kelston, New Zealand

Kelston Deaf Education Centre is a coeducational state special school with a roll of 127 and a decile rating of 3.

New Zealand Sign Language

Kelston School for the Deaf, opened 1958 (Auckland) and Kelston School for the Deaf Children was renamed in 1991 to Kelston Deaf Education Centre.

However, in light of much research into its validity as a language and much advocacy by deaf adults, parents of deaf children (both hearing and deaf) and educationalists, NZSL has since become — in tandem with English — part of the bilingual/bicultural approach used in public schools (including Kelston Deaf Education Centre and Van Asch Deaf Education Centre) since 1994.



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