Lycee Esteqlal
| Lycée Esteqlal | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Kabul, Afghanistan | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1922 |
| Teaching staff | 300 |
| Number of students | 5,700 |
| Website |
http://www.esteqlal-malalai.org http://lycee.kaboul.free.fr |
http://www.esteqlal-malalai.org
The Centre d'Enseignement Français en Afghanistan (CEFA) consists of two Franco-Afghan schools in Kabul, Afghanistan, together educating around 6,000 Afghan students.
The Lycée Esteqlal (Persian: لیسه استقلال English: Esteqlal High School) is a Franco-Afghan school in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is the second oldest school (after Habibia High School) in Kabul, and was recognized as one of the prestigious schools in the country.
Lycée Esteqlal is a public school, administered by the Afghan Ministry of Education, and is currently under the contract of AEFE, an educational agency of the French Foreign Ministry. The French Cultural Center (CCF) is also located inside the Lycée Esteqlal compound.
Created under the impulse of King Amanullah in 1922 as Amaniya School, it was renamed in 1931 to Lycée Esteqlal (meaning "independence" in Persian). In 1968, French Prime Minister Georges Pompidou laid the first brick of modern buildings, and the new site was inaugurated in 1974. The curriculum was entirely in the French language until 1985 when diplomatic relations between France and Afghanistan were suspended under the communist regime. Since 2002, only a few subjects, such as French language, mathematics and physics, are taught in French, and the rest in Dari.
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