Centre d'Enseignement Français en Afghanistan
Lycée Esteqlal | |
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Location | |
District 2, Public | |
Established | 1922 |
Teaching staff | 300 |
Number of students | 5,700[1] |
Website |
The Centre d'Enseignement Français en Afghanistan (CEFA) consists of two Franco-Afghan schools in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, together educating around 6,000 Afghan students.[2]
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 is recognized as the most prestigious school in the country.
Lycée Esteqlal is a
Further information
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 Persian.
Until 1985, Lycée Esteqlal did not only receive Afghan students, but also several French nationals who were related to the French Embassy's diplomatic staff. Lycée Esteqlal along with Lycée
King Amanullah, who was progressive and democratic also oversaw the opening of the first girls school, Masturat, in 1921. Masturat was closed between 1928 and 1932, then reopened in 1932 through the efforts of the new King
In 2014 a
Notable alumni
Many internationally renowned Afghan personalities and figures have received part of their education or have obtained their baccalaureate in Lycée Esteqlal.
- Ahmad Shah Khan, crown prince of Afghanistan[citation needed]
- Ahmad Shah Massoud, renowned Afghan anti-Soviet resistance leader[8]
- Amin Wardak, mujahideen leader[9][10]
- Atiq Rahimi, well-known French-Afghan writer[11][12]
- Eklil Ahmad Hakimi, former deputy minister of foreign affairs[13]
- Homayun Tandar, Afghan ambassador[14]
- Mohammed Akram, former minister of education and ambassador in France[citation needed]
- Mohammed Kassem Fazelly, lawyer, professor, ambassador to UN[citation needed]
- Mahmoud Saikal, former Afghan permanent representative to the UN[15]
- Mohammed Sediq Farhang, civil servant, historian[16]
- Muhammed Akbar Khan, crown prince of Afghanistan[citation needed]
- Nur Ahmad Etemadi, former Afghan prime minister[citation needed]
- Ravan A. G. Farhâdi, former ambassador to the UN, renowned writer, researcher, and professor[17]
- Tamim Ansary, author[18]
- Zalmai Rassoul, former Afghan foreign affairs minister [19]
- Zemaryalai Tarzi, internationally renowned archaeologist and professor[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ Soutien aux lycées Esteqlal et Malalaï, French Embassy in Afghanistan[permanent dead link]
- AEFE. October 17, 2005. Retrieved on May 6, 2015.
- ^ Chaussé, Caroline (December 2001 – February 2002). "Plus de soixante années de coopération franco-afghane" (in French). Paris: France Culture. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ "Lycées français de Kaboul - Historique" (in French). Kabul: website of the French Lycées in Kabul. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ D'Afghanistan, Leylâ (2003). "La genèse du droit de la femme en Afghanistan" (PDF). Les Cahiers du Cremoc (in French) (36). Paris: CREMOC (Centre de recherche sur l'Europe et le monde contemporain). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ "Suicide bomber targets French school in Kabul." Al Jazeera. 11 December 2014. Retrieved on May 6, 2015.
- ^ "Kabul suicide bomber attacks French school during show." BBC. 11 December 2014. Retrieved on 6 May 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-913368-22-7.
- ISBN 0-300-05963-9.
- ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2, p.119
- ^ "Interview: Atiq Rahimi on language and expression in Afghanistan". Financial Times.
- ^ "The Border Has To Be Crossed: Alie Ataee and Atiq Rahimi in conversation with Amir Ahmadi Arian". University of Notre Dame Research.
- ^ Bewig, Matt (2012-01-15). "Ambassador from Afghanistan: Who Is Eklil Ahmad Hakimi?". AllGov. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ISBN 9780810878150.
- ^ "Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues (Third Committee): Chairperson of the 73rd Session". General Assembly of the United Nations.
- ^ "Biography of Mir Mohammad Sidiq Farhang". Afghan-Web.
- ^ "Afghan Bios: Rawan Farhadi". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
- ^ Ansary, Tamim (2002). West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story. Picador. p. 90.
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- The name of the Esteqlal school is spelled "Istlaqal" in the book. - ^ [1] Biography, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
External links
- Official website of Lycée Esteqlal
- Website by the French pedagogical team for Esteqlal and Malalai schools http://www.esteqlal-malalai.org/topic/index.html