| Lycée Français d'Alep | |
|---|---|
| Mission Laïque Française | |
| Established | 1997 |
| Type | Private school |
| Affiliations | Mission laïque française |
| Principal | Catherine Ganaye |
| Founder | Mission laïque française |
| Grades | 1 - 15 |
| Location | Cordoba Hills, Kafar-Joum, Aleppo, Syria |
| Athletics | football, basketball, tennis, badminton, swimming |
| Languages | French, Arabic, English |
| Website | http://www.lyceefrancaisdalep.com |
The Lycée Français d'Alep (Arabic: المدرسة الفرنسية بحلب), known also as MLF lycée d'Alep, École Française or the French school, is a French lycée in the city of Aleppo, Syria founded in 1997 by the Mission laïque française, an organization which also helped found other lycées all over the world.
The school is located at Cordoba Hills neighborhood near Kafar-Joum settlement, 15 km south-west of Aleppo city, near the Aleppo-Damascus highway.[1] It is a large educational complex consisting of several buildings and sports facilities. The Lycée Français d'Alep, along with the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle de Damas (opened in 2008) are the only French schools in Syria which are accredited by the French Ministry of National Education.[2]
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As a French accredited institution, the school follows the official teaching programmes of the French Republic. The school offers a complete education programme of 15 years which starts with a preliminary 3 years of kindergarten classes and ends by achieving a French baccalaureate degree with two options: "Economic & Social (ES)" and "Scientific (S)". The baccalaureate allows graduates to continue their studying in French universities all over the world as well as some other American, Canadian, European and Middle Eastern universities[3].