Cairo Japanese School
Japanese international school in Egypt
29°58′28″N 31°09′18″E / 29.9744442°N 31.155054000000064°E / 29.9744442; 31.155054000000064Cairo Japanese School (カイロ日本人学校, Kairo Nihonjin Gakkō, CJS; Arabic: مدرسة القاهرة اليابانية) is a Japanese international school located in Giza, Egypt in Greater Cairo.[1] The school serves elementary and junior high school levels.[2]
History
The school was established in 1972. The current building in Giza, in proximity to the pyramids, opened in 1988. Kajima Company built the campus.[3]
As of March 1, 2006, 53 students were enrolled.[4]
By February 2011 the school had 28 students. Due to political unrest related to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, the school closed temporarily and most of the students left Egypt.[2] By July 2013 there were 33 students at the school. The school again closed temporarily due to political unrest related to the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.[5]
Notable alumni
- Fairouz Ai, voice actress (elementary school)
See also
Egypt portal
Japan portal
Schools portal
References
- ^ Home Archived 2014-01-02 at archive.today (Archive). Cairo Japanese School. Retrieved on 2 January 2014. "NAZLET EL BATRAN EL AHRAM GIZA, A.R.EGYPT"
- ^ a b "Cairo Japanese school shuts down due to political unrest." (Archive, Alternate) Kyodo at Deccan Herald. Sunday February 6, 2011. Retrieved on 5 January 2014.
- ^ Scott, Anastasia. "C.J.S Cairo Japanese School" (Archive). Cairo Japanese School. August 19, 2001. Retrieved on April 17, 2015.
- ^ "学校の概要." () Cairo Japanese School. Retrieved on 5 January 2014. "カイロ日本人学校に在籍する児童生徒は５３名（２００６年３月1日現在）で、[...]"
- ^ "エジプト混乱、邦人警戒 ツアー中止、企業は国外退避." Archived 2014-01-05 at archive.today Asahi Shimbun. 5 July 2013. Retrieved on 5 January 2014. "小中学生３３人が通うカイロ日本人学校は、不測の事態を避けるために６月３０日から臨時休校。クーデター前後に２家族が帰国した。校長の山村良一さん（５５）は「先行き不透明で再開の判断が難しい。早く落ち着いて[...]"
Further reading
- 眞壁 四郎 (滋賀県長浜市立長浜南小学校・カイロ日本人学校(前)). "カイロ日本人学校における学校経営(第6章学校経営)." 在外教育施設における指導実践記録 27, 105–108, 2004. Tokyo Gakugei University. See profile at CiNii.
External links
- Cairo Japanese School (in Japanese)
- Cairo Japanese School at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese)
- Cairo Japanese School at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese) (Archive 2001–2002)
- Cairo Japanese School at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese) (earlier archive)
- "English information". Archived from the original on 2001-08-19. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- Cairo Japanese School Alumni Association (カイロ日本人学校 同窓会) (in Japanese)
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