British International School in Cairo

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British International School in Cairo

School type	Private
Established	1976
Principal	Robert Swan
Location	Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
Website	http://www.bisc.edu.eg

The British International School in Cairo (BISC) is a private British school in Egypt. It participates in the IB, GCSE and SAT exams. It was established in 1976 to provide an education based on British principles and curricula for the children of the expatriate British and Anglo-Egyptian communities; children from the Commonwealth and other countries with educational systems based upon British standards; children of the English-speaking Egyptian community and other nationalities tied to British-type schooling.

BISC is an independent, fee-financed society, authorised by the Ministry of Social Affairs. It is situated in Zamalek, a residential area on a large island close to the centre of the city and within a three-minute walk of the private Gezira Sporting Club where the sporting facilities are extensively used by the school, due to a lack of its own.

1 Technology in the School
2 Admissions
3 External link
4 Contact Information

[edit] Technology in the School

The school has installed digital projectors in all primary school classrooms, and also possesses several mobile carts of laptops (which are supplied to classrooms on demand).

S3 students are required to study for and take the ICDL (International Computer Driving License).

[edit] Admissions

BISC is a selective entry school and admission is according to the successful completion of academic entrance examinations in English, mathematics and non- verbal reasoning. It is also subject to the availability of spaces in the required year group. Formal interviews are held with the Principal for both parents and children. Further interviews and testing are carried out by the relevant Heads of Schools.