Nanjing School for the Deaf is located on the picturesque Mingyu River, No.32 Yudao Street, National Garden Street. Formerly known as Nanjing School for the Blind and Deaf, founded in 1927, it is the first national special education school in China. Chen Jinyou, the current principal. The school has hearing and speech rehabilitation Center for Deaf Children, primary schools, junior high schools, vocational high schools and ordinary high schools, which provide students with comprehensive rehabilitation, education and vocational and technical training. The school covers an area of 10 165 square meters, with 9097 square meters of school buildings. There are 33 classes with 382 students and 130 faculty members. Among them, there are 2 special-grade teachers, 24 with senior titles and 5 1 person with intermediate titles. Based on the educational philosophy of "all for students, always focusing on the future" and the educational objectives of "all-round development, excellent personality, positive compensation and excellent academic performance", the school has always emphasized quality education, attached importance to the cultivation of students' moral character and will, physical and psychological development, the improvement of knowledge and ability, the rehabilitation of listening and speaking, and the training of professional skills, so as to improve students' morality, intelligence, physique and beauty in an all-round way. In recent years, students' art works have won many awards, and their performances have been widely praised by the society, and they have made outstanding achievements in sports competitions. More than 50 deaf children entered ordinary schools through rehabilitation training; Previous vocational high school graduates have been welcomed and praised by employers; 1992 since the opening of the senior middle school for the deaf, more than 96% of the graduates have been admitted to universities.