KG 1 · KG 2 · KG 3
Kindergarten
Three kindergarten years, in the French or English section, with close to thirty divisions on the Choueifat campus alone.
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Academics
Academics
The Lebanese national curriculum, taught in the French or the English section, from kindergarten to Grade 12.
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The four cycles
1 – 6
Cycles 1 & 2
Cycles 1 and 2 of the Lebanese curriculum, the school’s largest block: over eighteen hundred students and sixty-two divisions.
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7 – 9
Cycle 3
Cycle 3, closing with the Brevet — the first of the four official certificates, and the one where Lycée National holds the most first places.
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10 – 12
Secondary
Three years leading to the three Lebanese baccalaureates: General Sciences, Life Sciences, Sociology & Economics.
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Two language sections
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French section
The founding section: the school opened in 1970 with French-language classes, and the International Francophone Section is its direct continuation.
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English section
The larger section today — up to nine divisions per grade, against an average of three on the French side.
Class structure
The real division counts, as they appear in the school’s own class lists.
| The four cycles | French section | English section |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 2 | 7 |
| Cycles 1 & 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Cycle 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Secondary | 3 | 6 |
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The four official certificates
Lycée National prepares students for every Lebanese official examination and reports a 100% pass rate in each of them.
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Brevet
Cycle 3
Taken at the end of Grade 9, it closes Cycle 3 and gates entry to secondary school.
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General Sciences
Secondary
The most mathematical track of the Lebanese baccalaureate; it carries the largest number of laureates on the roll of honour.
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Life Sciences
Secondary
Biology, chemistry and physics; the route into medicine and the health sciences.
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Sociology & Economics
Secondary
Economics, sociology and the human sciences; four national first places since 2012.
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A curriculum we helped write
Lycée National Schools took part in drawing up the modern educational curricula adopted in Lebanon at the turn of the century, and continue to contribute to updating and developing them in cooperation with the Centre for Educational Research and Development (CRDP) and the Ministry of National Education.
Members of the teaching body attend intensive training sessions every year to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of education.
One of Lycée National’s first concerns is intensive preparation for university entry. In this respect the school is among the first in Lebanon for the admission of its students to the major private universities — some are even exempted from entrance examinations, in recognition of the school’s standard and the distinction of its students, as is the case at Université Saint-Joseph.
Every year Lycée National students pass all four official certificates at a rate of 100%: the Brevet, General Sciences, Life Sciences, and Sociology & Economics. What sets the school apart is that all of its students pass in the first session despite their number, and that most of them take the top ranks nationally.