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El Nasr Girls' College (EGC) ( ar, كلية النصر للبنات) is a school in Shatby,
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. It was established in 1935, and was originally known as ''English Girls College''.


History

The college was founded in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King
George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Que ...
, King of England during the time when Egypt was one of the colonies of the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and No ...
. The buildings were designed by the English architect George Grey Wornum in a “Spanish – Arabic style of architecture” to accommodate a maximum of 1000 pupils. The buildings stood in over 20
feddan A feddan ( ar, فدّان, faddān) is a unit of area used in Egypt, Sudan, Syria, and the Oman. In Classical Arabic, the word means 'a yoke of oxen', implying the area of ground that could be tilled by oxen in a certain time. In Egypt, the fedda ...
s of land donated by the Governorate of Alexandria. The school site went up to the main Boulevard "Abu Keir Avenue". The Minister of Education donated a big section to the faculty of science, which stands there today.


Aim

It followed the British system of education for a very select group of girls. It was run on the lines of an English public school. Students studied for Oxford and Cambridge examinations, and played British games. Until 1956 the staff were all British, but they were expelled as a result of the Suez crisis of 1956.


Notable alumnae

*
Queen Sofía of Spain Sofía of Greece and Denmark ( el, Σοφία; born 2 November 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who was Queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014 as the wife of King Juan Carlos I. She is the first child of King Paul of Greece and Frederi ...
* Reem Bassiouney, author and professor of sociolinguistics * Marwa Ali El-Sherbini, pharmacist * Donna Francesca Cavalli Hanem * Shrouk Elbarsiky, Egypt's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations List of famous graduates of E.G.C.
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See also

* Educational institutions in Alexandria *
Education in Egypt In the 21st century, the Government of Egypt has given greater priority to improving the education system. According to the Human Development Index (HDI), Egypt is ranked 115 in the HDI, and 9 in the lowest 10 HDI countries in the Middle East ...
* El Nasr Boys' School


References

{{Authority control Education in Alexandria Schools in Alexandria Schools in Egypt Girls' schools in Egypt Educational institutions established in 1935 1935 establishments in Egypt