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Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca)

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Type
  
Private

Language
  
French

Phone
  
+212 5224-36900

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Established
  
1958

Website
  
Official website

Founded
  
1958

Address
  
260 Boulevard Ziraoui, Casablanca 20040, Morocco

Similar
  
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Lycée Lyautey is a French Lycée belonging to the French Mission in Casablanca, Morocco. It was named after Marshal Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey who was the Resident General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925.

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Lycée Lyautey is not only the most multicultural but also the most competitive school in Morocco. 96.51% of the class of 2008 passed the baccalauréat général (L, ES and S), where the French national average success rate was around 83.3%. 13% of the students passed the French baccalauréat général with the highest honours.

The Lycée also offers vocational and technology French Baccalaureates, which allows student to be more specialised in specific fields and be quickly inserted in the job market right after the successful completion of their Baccalaureate.

History

The current Lycée Lyautey building started construction in 1959 and opened in November 1963.

Courses

  • General
  • French literature
  • Mathematics
  • History
  • Geography
  • Earth sciences and Life sciences
  • Physics
  • Technology
  • Visual arts
  • Sports
  • Social sciences
  • Music (only for the classes of sixth and fifth grades)
  • Languages:
  • French
  • Arabic
  • English
  • Spanish
  • German
  • Optional subjects:
  • Latin
  • Film Studies
  • Fine arts
  • Courses of the second cycle:
  • Literature
  • Philosophy
  • Economics
  • Sociology
  • Management
  • Law
  • English Literature
  • Notable alumni

  • David Galula, French military officer and scholar
  • Gad Elmaleh, humorist and comedian
  • Jean Reno, comedian (real name Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez: www.imdb.com/name/nm0000606/)
  • Fouad Laroui, economist and writer
  • Laïla Marrakchi, movie director and director of Marock
  • Mehdi Ben Barka, politician
  • Mahdi ElMandjra, futurist, sociologist and economist
  • Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan writer
  • Philippe-Joseph Salazar
  • Sidney Toledano, President and Chief Executive Officer of Christian Dior Couture
  • Eric Besson French minister
  • Just Fontaine, French football player and manager
  • Ali Benmakhlouf, philosopher, writer and professor

  • Abigail Assor, journalist
  • References

    Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca) Wikipedia