Lycée Cheikh Omar Foutiyou Tall
| Lycée Cheikh Omar Foutiyou Tall | |
|---|---|
| type of school | Lycée |
| founding | 1884 |
| address |
232 rue Faidherbe, |
| place | Saint-Louis |
| region | Saint-Louis |
| Country | Senegal |
| Coordinates | 16 ° 1 '36 " N , 16 ° 30' 22" W |
| student | 1039 (2004) |
The Lycée Cheikh Omar Foutiyou Tall (formerly Lycée Faidherbe ) is a lycée in Saint-Louis in Senegal .
history
The school was founded in 1884 under French colonial rule and was initially run by the Ploërmel school brothers . It comprised a secondary school, a technical school and a four-year practical business school. In 1893 it was converted into a secondary school ( École Primaire Supérieure ). The curriculum was adapted in 1910 to match the system of the Lycées and Collèges in France .
At the instigation of Blaise Diagne , the school was elevated to a Lycée by decree of June 20, 1919 - the first in overseas France . That same year it was named after General Louis Faidherbe . In addition to the actual Lycée operation, the Lycée Faidherbe included a teacher training institute ( École Normale d'Instituteurs ) and a vocational school, both of which were spun off in 1924, as well as a primary school, which was closed in 1947. Unlike the Lycée Van Vollenhoven in Dakar , which preferred European children, the Lycée Faidherbe was designed for the local population. Student numbers remained relatively low in the early years of the Lycée Faidherbe, reaching 220 in 1938. Problems with travel during World War II led to an increase in European students. In 1943, 450 children attended the Lycée Faidherbe.
The number of students increased from 800 in 1950 to 1600 in 1974. In Senegal, which has been independent since 1960, the Lycée Faidherbe became the first Lycée in the country to offer training up to the 12th grade. The Lycée Faidherbe was renamed Lycée Cheikh Omar Foutiyou Tall on July 13, 1984 after the founder of the empire ʿUmar ibn Saʿīd al-Fūtī Tall . The renaming had a great symbolic meaning in relation to the nation-building of Senegal, since the African Tall and the European Faidherbe had been direct opponents of the war. In 2004 the number of students was 1,039.
organization
The Lycée Cheikh Omar Foutiyou Tall is headed by a school principal ( proviseur ) and an administrator ( censeur ) as his deputy . There are alumni associations for both the students and the staff as well as a parents' association. Partner schools are the Lycée Faidherbe in Lille in France and the Cooperative Comprehensive School in Elmshorn in Germany . The German embassy in Senegal is also a partner of the Lycée Cheikh Omar Foutiyou Tall, which has its own German-language school library.
The school's motto is: “réussir pour faire avancer la nation - réussir pour mieux servir” ( French for “to be successful to advance the nation - to be successful to serve better”).
Well-known former students
- Moustapha Niasse (* 1939), politician
- Aminata Sow Fall (* 1941), writer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Presentation générale du lycée Cheikh Omar Foutiyou Tall de Saint-Louis. Groupe pour l'Étude et l'Enseignement de la Population (GEEP), accessed on January 2, 2018 (French).
- ^ A b Harry Gamble: Contesting French West Africa. Battles Over Schools and the Colonial Order, 1900-1950 . University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln / London 2017, ISBN 978-0-8032-9549-0 , pp. 194 and 201 .
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink: Historical Culture in (post) colonial context . In: Heidrun Friese (Ed.): Identities. Time, Difference, and Boundaries . Berghahn, New York / Oxford 2002, ISBN 1-57181-474-4 , pp. 217 .
- ^ Organization de l'administration. Groupe pour l'Étude et l'Enseignement de la Population (GEEP), accessed on January 2, 2018 (French).