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Lycée Albert Camus
An AEFE-accredited French school on the New Giza campus, part of the LVNG Learning Environments group and educating from kindergarten through the French baccalaureate.
In brief
An AEFE-accredited French school on the New Giza campus, part of the LVNG Learning Environments group and educating from kindergarten through the French baccalaureate.
The school opened in September 2015 as Lycée Voltaire and adopted the Albert Camus name in November 2017. French Ministry accreditation followed in June 2018, with formal AEFE affiliation later that year. It runs the full French national curriculum, with Arabic from kindergarten and English from CP.
Trilingual delivery and AEFE oversight are the main draws for French and Francophone families on the West Cairo side, where alternatives are fewer than in New Cairo. The campus sits inside the New Giza compound off the Cairo-Alexandria desert road.
Independent parent voice is sparse but generally positive on the leadership and on the share of titulaire teachers, which matters in French network schools where staffing churn can vary.
Reviews
- A French-curriculum school inside the LVNG complex in New Giza, opened in 2015 and accredited by AEFE.
- The school is relatively new and parent commentary online is thin. There are no substantive Reddit, Mumsnet or expat-forum threads.
- Directory entries describe a state-of-the-art purpose-built campus and a trilingual French-Arabic-English programme, with Arabic from kindergarten and English from CP.
- Among the small set of parent-facing comparisons, the school is described as well-run with experienced senior teachers and a serious academic line, rather than a community-feel French school.
- Most public coverage is school-marketing or directory listing material; treat subjective claims with that in mind.
Head of school
Alexandre Nedelec
Alexandre Nedelec serves as the principal (proviseur) of Lycee Albert Camus in New Giza, Egypt. In his message from September 2024, he describes leading the institution through significant growth, noting that enrollment has expanded from 250 students at the school's inception to over 1,000 students across 47 classes. He works alongside a leadership team and emphasizes the school's commitment to a humanistic and demanding education that balances excellence with individual student attention, while integrating French and Egyptian educational frameworks.
Location
New Giza، Km 22, Cairo/Alex desert road, 6 October City، First 6th of October, Giza، Giza Governorate 3294102, Egypt