The Lycée Kléber is a French public
secondary school located in the
Alsatian capital
Strasbourg. This lycée bears the name of the famous French
Général Kléber who was murdered in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...
in 1800.
Diploma
It offers both a secondary-level curriculum (a ''
lycée
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...
'', with a student body of around 2.000), and a university-level curriculum (known as
''classes préparatoires'', or ''prépas'', also with about 900 pupils), preparing students for entrance to the
elite
In political and sociological theory, the elite (french: élite, from la, eligere, to select or to sort out) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a group. ...
Grandes Écoles Grandes may refer to:
*Agustín Muñoz Grandes
Agustín Muñoz Grandes (27 January 1896 – 11 July 1970) was a Spanish general, and politician, vice-president of the Spanish Government and minister with Francisco Franco several times; also know ...
. At the yearly competitive entrance examinations for the scientific and business
Grandes Écoles Grandes may refer to:
*Agustín Muñoz Grandes
Agustín Muñoz Grandes (27 January 1896 – 11 July 1970) was a Spanish general, and politician, vice-president of the Spanish Government and minister with Francisco Franco several times; also know ...
, students from the Lycée Kléber's ''classes préparatoires'' regularly have good results.
Notes
*The lycée Kléber prepares students to sit for the ''
baccalauréat général''. They have to choose one of three streams (termed ''séries'') in the penultimate ''
lycée
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...
'' year. The streams for the ''baccalauréat général'' are as follows:
**''scientifique'' (sciences)
**''économique et sociale'' (economics and social sciences)
**''littéraire'' (literature)
*There are about 22 ''classes préparatoires''
External links
*
Official Website
Kleber
Schools in Strasbourg
{{France-school-stub