
Sadiki College, also known as ''Collège Sadiki'' (, "El-Sadqiya High School"), is a ''
lycée
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'' (high school) in
Tunis
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,
Tunisia
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. It was established in 1875. Associations formed by its alumni played a major role in the early constitutionalist movement in the country.
Noted alumni include former president
Habib Bourguiba
Habib Bourguiba (3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the Head of Government of Tunisia, prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of Tunisia from 1 ...
, politicians
Mohamed Mzali,
Mustapha Ben Jafar and
Azzedine Guellouz. Another alumnus was the creative writer
Mahmoud Messadi.
[Micaud 93.]
Sadiki historically has provided a bicultural, bilingual education. Many of the Tunisian elites, including Bourguiba, graduated from this school. These elites filled the positions of top responsibility of the
Destour party.
Charles A. Micaud of ''
The Western Political Quarterly'' said "
s realistic strategy of struggle against colonialism became convincing even to
Zitūna students, many of whom came to form the medium and lower cadres of the party."
The graduates of Sadiki placed a bilingual education system in Tunisia after its independence.
History
Khayr al-Diyn Pacha al-Tunisi, a reformer, had founded the school in 1875. On 25 June 1958
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Bourguiba delivered a speech at the school, declaring that in secondary schools, all subjects will eventually be taught in Arabic instead of French throughout Tunisia.
[Daoud, Mohamed.]
Arabization in Tunisia: The Tug of War
" '' Issues in Applied Linguistics''. 1991. Volume 2, Issue 1. p. 15. Retrieved on 13 April 2012.
See also
*
:Alumni of Sadiki College
References
* Micaud, Charles A. "Bilingualism in North Africa: Cultural and Sociopolitical Implications." ''
The Western Political Quarterly''. March 1974. Volume 27, Issue 1. p. 92-103.
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