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Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
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The Lycée Guebre-Mariam was established in 1947 at the request of Emperor Haïlé Sélassié to the Mission Laïque Française to open a major French-Ethiopian high school in Addis Ababa. The school opened on March 15, 1948 with 176 primary students in six classes, under the administration of the MLF. It was inaugurated on April 11, 1952 in the presence of Emperor Haïlé Sélassié and Marcel Fort, and later hosted visits by leaders including General de Gaulle (1953) and President Pompidou (1973). Facilities were expanded over the years, including a theatre (1959), the grand sports stadium (1960), and the girls' boarding house (CDI building) in 1961. A new bilateral agreement for the Lycée was signed in 2012, the campus lease was signed for 50 years in 2016, and the school celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2019, followed by the inauguration of a gymnasium in 2020.
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Lycée Guebre-Mariam is a French–Ethiopian lycée on Churchill Avenue in Addis Ababa. It functions as an Établissement en Pleine Responsabilité (EPR) of the Mission Laïque Française and is a signatory of an AEFE convention, certifying the French model of education and enabling it to serve as centre for Diplôme National du Brevet (DNB) and Baccalauréat. The school runs a double curriculum (French and Ethiopian) during compulsory schooling and a multilingual program described as "Two cultures, three languages," with French as the language of schooling, plus English and Amharic; Spanish is available from 5ème. In Première and Terminale, students may specialize in Langues, Littératures et Cultures Étrangères. Centre de Documentation et d'Information (CDI) provides a reading area and 12 computers, and the campus includes a gym and a catering service added in 2025. Most graduates pursue higher education in France or North America, with transfers to other establishments worldwide possible.
