INES – Instituto Nacional de Educação de Surdos

Latin America's first deaf school (1857) and the cradle of Libras

School · Rua das Laranjeiras, 232, Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22240-003, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil View on Google MapsSign language: Libras

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INES was founded in 1857 by the deaf French teacher E. Huet at the invitation of Emperor Dom Pedro II and is Latin America's first school for deaf people. Today it is Brazil's national knowledge centre for deaf people, with bilingual teaching in Libras and Portuguese from kindergarten to upper secondary, university programmes and TV INES, a web TV channel in Libras.

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