Lycée Français du Caire

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
Location
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Egypt
Coordinates29°57′09″N 31°16′06″E / 29.9525°N 31.2684°E / 29.9525; 31.2684
Information
Type"Établissement en gestion directe de l'AEFE (EGD)"
Head teacher
M. Yassine ABBAS
Teaching staff
c.140
Enrollmentc.2000
LanguageFrench
Websitelfcaire.org

It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), an agency of the French government.[2]

Structure

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LFC's laboratories

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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. Home page. Lycée Français du Caire. Retrieved on 18 January 2015. "Division Cité El Meerag, 2ème Megawra / Le Caire - ÉGYPTE"
  2. "Rechercher un établissement" (in French). Agency for French Education Abroad. Retrieved 2024-03-15. - Purple means "Gestion directe" (directly operated), and this school is in the color code for purple.
  3. "L'administration du lycée Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine." Lycée Français du Caire. Retrieved on 23 January 2015. "El Merag Site secondaire Terrain n°5 Division Cité El Meerag 2ème Megawra " and "Maadi Site primaire 7, rue 12" and "Zamalek Site primaire 8, rue Ibn Zanki" and "Nouveau Caire Site primaire Locaux Ecole Concordia El Tagamoa El Khames El Banafseg 1 New Cairo City"
  4. Bouhours, Ariane (2021-01-28). "Cet ancien proviseur à Yzeure (Allier) dirige le Lycée français du Caire". La Montagne. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  5. 1 2 3 "Présentation". Lycée français du Caire (in French). Retrieved 2025-03-13.
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