St. Clare Oral School For The Deaf

St.Clare Oral HSS For the Deaf (SCO HSS),Manickamangalam, Kalady, owned and Managed by the Sacred Heart Province of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (F.C.C) was established on 14 July 1993 for the Hearing Impaired. We aim at bringing the hearing impaired to the mainstream of the society.

This School is situated at Manickamangalam in the close proximity of  the prominent SreeSankara College and the Sanskrit University,Kalady. SCO HSSis the only school for the Deaf  inAlwayeEducational District.

There are two hundred and forty-five students on roll now in this school. This credits this school the title of the largest school for the deaf in the state of Kerala. We have students from across the country. Our students hear, though they are deaf. They speak though they are dumb. Students are admitted to  LKG - Degree Courses. There are day-scholars as well as hostellers. We are equipped with student friendly class rooms, sophisticated and advanced Labs, Library, facilities of spacious accommodation, large play grounds, indoor and out-door games, exposures to general realms of human discourses and dialogues. Vehicles are made available for conveyance of day scholars.Students are provided with hostel facilities free of cost as this is an aided school under the auspices of Franciscan Clarist Congregation. The students here study all subjects of general schools.