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Lycée Guebre-Mariam
French international school in Ethiopia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gebre-Mariam French-Ethiopian High School, commonly known as Lycée Guébré-Mariam (LGM) (Amharic: ገብረ ማርያም ትምህርት ቤት), is a French international school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was established in 1947 and in the same year had integrated the Mission laïque française.[3] It covers maternelle (preschool) through terminale, the final year of lycée (senior high school). It includes multilingual education in French, English and Amharic from preschool for all students.[4] As of 2017[update], the school has about 1,800 students, ranging from 3 to 18 years.[1]
The French government spends around €4 million every year on LGM, which comes out to about €2,500 per student.[5]
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Namesake
The school's name commemorates Dejazmach Gebre Mariam Gari, who was an Ethiopian anti-fascist resistance fighter during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the subsequent Italian occupation of Ethiopia.[6] His name, Gebre Mariam, translates to “servant of Mary”.[7]
The hyphen in the school's name is due to a French punctuation convention. (See French orthography#Hyphens)
Notable Alumni
- Helen Pankhurst[8]
- Liya Kebede[9]
- Ethiopian Records[10]
- Amde Akalework[11]
- Sahle-Work Zewde
- Chef Yohanis
- Betty G.
The LGM has a website dedicated to its alumni, former LGM students. Alumni website link
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External links
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