Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule Kairo
| DEO Kairo Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule Kario (DEO) |
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 DEO Kairo
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| Dokki, Giza | |
| Coordinates | 30°1′56.44″N 31°12′38.87″E / 30.0323444°N 31.2107972°ECoordinates: 30°1′56.44″N 31°12′38.87″E / 30.0323444°N 31.2107972°E |
| Information | |
| School type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Teaches Islam/Christianity |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Status | Open |
| Principal | Roland Harken |
| Teaching staff | 120 |
| Number of students | 1,400 (2010) |
| Classes | 1-12 |
| Average class size | 25 |
| Education system | German/Arabic |
| Language | German/Arabic/English/French |
| School color(s) | None |
| National ranking | Nr. 1 |
| Newspaper | DeoLino: 1-4, "The Voice" and "Die Schülerzeitung": 5-12 |
| School fees | 30,000LE |
| Revenue | Unknown |
Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule (DEO; Arabic: المدرسة الألمانیة الإنجیلیة الثانویة بالقاهرة) is an exclusive German school in Dokki, Giza, Egypt, in the Cairo metropolitan area. It is operated by the German Protestant community of Cairo.
The initiative for a school was established by the Protestant congregation of Cairo. The school was built along with a rectory in the spring of 1873 on land given to the Prussian consul von Theremin by the Khedive Ismail. The language of instruction was French with 15 students attending. On February 2, 1878, there was a dispute about the school’s ownership between the church and the school, which resulted in the school’s becoming community owned and adding optional Arabic lessons. In 1880, the school further expanded to include 89 students in three classes. There were students of different nationalities with 28 Turks, 19 Egyptians, ten Italians, five Germans, five Swiss, five French, four Syrians, three English, three Scots, three Levantines and one each Austrian, Greek, Persian and Armenian. The school had students of different religions: 41 Muslim students, 19 Protestant, 14 Roman Catholic, seven Jewish, seven Coptic and one Greek Orthodox. After the English conquered Egypt in 1882, English courses were added to the school’s curriculum. In 1908, the school was relocated to Boulaq with primary and secondary education facilities. A year later, their first "Einjährigenexamen" (a German secondary education exam) was made before the German examination committee.
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