- Collège de la Sainte Famille
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CSF
Collège de la Sainte Famille
Location Cairo, Egypt Information School type Private Religious affiliation(s) Christianity/Islam Founded 1879 Status Open Age range 5 - 18 Language French/English/Arabic Campus type Urban School Colour(s) Blue/Gold Website http://www.csf-egypt.net/ The Collège de la Sainte Famille (CSF) (English: School of the Holy Family), (Arabic) مدرسة العائلة المقدسة often referred to as "Jésuites", is a private Jesuit French school for boys in the Faggala (preparatory and secondary section), Daher (primary section), and Heliopolis (primary section) districts of Cairo, Egypt. It was founded in 1879, after a request by Pope Leo XIII for a seminary to help prepare students to become priests in the Catholic Church.
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History
The college began with sixteen pupils, in 1879, at the Boghos Palace of Mouski. In 1882 today's college was inaugurated in Faggala. The current Ramses Street was occupied by the Ismailia Canal. The transportation of students was by fiacres. The college had 112 students.
Thereafter was built: the church (1891), the theatre (1892), the current building of Preparatory Cycle (1925), the Primary Cycle in Downtown Cairo (1930), and the Primary Cycle in Heliopolis (1934). In 1930, the college had 600 students from 14 nations: Egypt, France, Lebanon, Syria, Italy, Greece, England, Switzerland, Spain, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Persia.
System
The school offers education for boys (mainly in French) from the upper kindergarten to the senior high school level. There are three campuses: The "Petit Collège du Caire" (PCC), the "Petit Collège d'Heliopolis" (PCH), and the "Grand Collège" (GC) located in Ramsis in Dahir. Students enter the PCC or the PCH at the age of 4 or 5, and after six years of primary school, they go to the Grand Collège (GC). The PCC and the PCH have approximately 400 students each and the Grand Collège has 800 students.
Along with the teaching of the French language, the Arabic language is taught from an early age and then in the primary period of education the English language is introduced. The exams and education are entirely in French even in high school or Thanawiya Amma. All exams are written and prepared in French except for the Arabic language exam, History and Geography which are presented in Arabic.
The school also offers the French curriculum. It's optional and it's in a prparatory phase starting from the last year in primary school to the last year in preparatory. Then in the last 3 years of school it's in itx complete form. And in the end, the student obtain the french diploma "Bac Français" which one of the best diplomas in the world
Notable alumni
- Prince Abbas Hilmi - Egyptian prince and financial manager. Grandson of Abbas II Hilmi Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
- Mourad Wahba Pasha - Egyptian high court judge and former Cabinet Minister
- Wassef Boutros Ghali Pasha - Former Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Maximos V Hakim - Late Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch
- Georges Corm - Lebanese Economist and former Minister of Finance of Lebanon
- Henri Curiel - Left-wing activist and founder of the Democratic Movement for National Liberation
- Gilbert Sinoué - French author and screenwriter
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour - Current Egyptian Minister of Tourism
- Ehab El Ahmar - Professor of Strategy and International Business Operations, Creighton University, USA
- Magued Osman - Former Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology
- Mohsen Badawi - Egyptian businessman and founder and former Chairman of the Canada Egypt Business Council
- Ramy Lakah - Egyptian-French businessman
- Robert Solé - French writer and journalist of Egyptian origin
- Nagy Habib - Professor of Surgery, Imperial College, London
- Hisham Selim - Egyptian actor and son of Saleh Selim President of Al Ahly club
- Youssef Boutros Ghali - Egyptian Ex-Minister of Economy
- Moustafa Chawki - Audit Principal, Moustafa Shawki & Co.
- Mahmoud Abaza - Ex-president of Egyptian political party El-Wafd
- Ramy Imam - Egyptian director
- Raouf Ghabbour - Chief Executive Officer of Ghabbour Auto
- Yassine El Oraby - Chief Executive Officer, Ring Distribution (an Orascom Telecom co.)
- Tarek Habib - Famous TV anchor
- Youssef Cherif Rizkallah - Famous TV anchor and cinema critic
- Amin Abaza - Ex-Minister of Agriculture, Egypt
- Sherif Mounir - GM & Managing Director of QUEST, Egypt
External links
Categories:- Roman Catholic schools in Egypt
- Roman Catholic secondary schools in Egypt
- Educational institutions established in 1879
- Education in Cairo
- Private schools in Egypt
- Boys' schools in Egypt
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