British School Tripoli (BST) is a British international school in
Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli (; ar, طرابلس الغرب, translit= Ṭarābulus al-Gharb , translation=Western Tripoli) is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.1 million people in 2019. It is located in the northwest of Libya o ...
. As of 2012 it raises its own finances and governs itself, not controlled by any other entity. As of 2012 Alistair Bond was the headmaster.
[Welcome]
(). British School Tripoli. 5 February 2012. Retrieved on 15 September 2015. The school served Foundation Stage through Year 9.
History
The British Embassy in Tripoli established the school in 1968. On 20 February 2011 the school was temporarily closed.
[ On 22 February all of the school's teachers left Libya, in the wake of the ]2011 Libyan Civil War
The First Libyan Civil War was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were seeking to oust his government. It erupted with the Liby ...
. The teaching assistants and cleaning staff remained behind. By March of that year the school announced intentions to provide an online education programme in the meantime.[Holder, Will.]
British school in Libya sets up virtual classrooms
. ''The Telegraph
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Australia
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''. 10 March 2011. Retrieved on 15 September 2015.
See also
* Libya–United Kingdom relations
Relations between Libya and the United Kingdom were initially close and positive after the British Armed Forces helped rebel forces to topple Muammar Gaddafi's regime in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. British officials have visited Libya several times ...
References
External links
British School Tripoli
(Archive)
Educational institutions established in 1968
1968 establishments in Africa
International schools in Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli
Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to:
Cities and other geographic units Greece
*Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...
Libya–United Kingdom relations
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