Cairo Japanese School

Cairo 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 first 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, during that month the school closed temporarily and most of the students left Egypt.^[2] By July 2013 there were 33 students at the school. That month, it closed temporarily due to political unrest related to the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.^[5]

See also

• Japanese people in Egypt
• Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

References

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 (Japanese)
• Cairo Japanese School (Japanese) (Archive 2001-2002)
• Cairo Japanese School (Japanese) (earlier archive)
  • English information
• Cairo Japanese School Alumni Association (カイロ日本人学校 同窓会) (Japanese)

International schools in Egypt
Cairo area	Green Land Pré Vert International School Modern Education Schools Canadian International School of Egypt Lycée Français du Caire Collège de la Sainte Famille Lycée La Liberté Héliopolis(*) Section française de la MISR Language School Collège du Sacré-Cœur de Ghamra - section française Collège de la Mère de Dieu Collège de la Salle Lycée international Nefertari Lycée Voltaire Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule Deutsche Schule der Borromäerinnen Kairo Deutsche Schule Beverly Hills Kairo Europa-Schule Kairo International Italian School "Leonardo da Vinci" Istituto Salesiano Don Bosco Cairo Japanese School Korean School in Cairo (카이로한국학교) Pakistan International School of Cairo Russian Embassy School in Cairo Turkish Salahaldin International School British International School in Cairo British International College of Cairo New Cairo British International School Maadi British International School Egyptian British International School The American International School in Egypt Cairo American College The International School of Choueifat New Generation International School Port Said American School Manchester International School Misr Language Schools Egyptian Language Schools
Alexandria	Lycée Français d'Alexandrie Collège Saint Marc(*) Institution Sainte Jeanne-Antide(*) Collège de la Mère de Dieu(*) Collège Notre Dame de Sion(*) Ecoles des Soeurs Franciscaines(*) École Gérard(*) École Saint Gabriel(*) École Saint-Vincent de Paul(*) École Saint Joseph(*) École Sainte Catherine(*) Deutsche Schule der Borromäerinnen Alexandria Neue Deutsche Schule Alexandria Istituto Don Bosco The British School, Alexandria Victoria College, Alexandria Schutz American School, Alexandria
Hurghada	Deutsche Schule Hurghada-Red Sea Russian School Hurghada Creative Minds International School of Hurghada Sunrise International School Hurghada
Sharm el-Sheikh	Sharm International British School St. Joseph Schools
Former schools	Schweizer Schule Alexandria Schweizer Schule Kairo
(*) refers to French-language schools not a member school of the AEFE

Japanese international day schools in Western Asia (Middle East) and Africa
Currently operating	Bahrain Cairo Tehran Nairobi Doha Jeddah Riyadh Johannesburg Istanbul Abu Dhabi Dubai
Closed	École japonaise d'Alger (アルジェ日本人学校), Algiers Baghdad Japanese School (バグダッド日本人学校) Japanese School of Kuwait (クウエイト日本人学校) Beirut Japanese School (ベイルート日本人学校) Lagos Japanese School (ラゴス日本人学校) Ankara Japanese School (アンカラ日本人学校)
Schools in Turkey are included in the Japanese Ministry of Education's (MEXT) classification of the Middle East.