Lycée Français du Caire
School in Cairo, Egypt
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Lycée Français du Caire (LFC; Arabic: الثانوية الفرنسية بالقاهرة) is the French International School in Cairo, Egypt.[1]
| Lycée français du Caire | |
|---|---|
الثانوية الفرنسية بالقاهرة | |
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| Location | |
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Egypt 29.9525°N 31.2684°E | |
| Information | |
| Type | "Établissement en gestion directe de l'AEFE (EGD)" |
Head teacher | M. Yassine ABBAS |
Teaching staff | c.140 |
| Enrollment | c.2000 |
| Language | French |
| Website | lfcaire |
It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), an agency of the French government.[2]
Structure
There are three primary campuses, with one each in Maadi, New Cairo City, and Zamalek. The secondary classes are held in a campus in El Mearag.[3]
The school has more than 2000 pupils and 140 teachers.[4]
History
The school was founded in 1911, with its first campus being in Maadi. In the 1970s, a second campus was opened in Zamalek.[5]
In 1990 a third campus was opened in Heliopolis. It later relocated to Rehab in 2004 and then to New Cairo in 2015.[5]
Between 2011 and 2013, construction took place on a fourth site in El Mearag to accommodate middle and high school students. The site was officially inaugurated in 2015.[5]
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