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El Alsson School was established in 1982 as a private English school, licensed by the Egyptian Ministry of Education. In 1992, in response to numerous requests by parents for an alternative style of education to the Ministry's National programme, the English Academy International as it was called at the time was opened, offering the British curriculum leading to Cambridge IGCSE, A/S and A-Levels. The school then had two tracks: the Egyptian National leading to the Sanawi'ama exam, and the International, leading to Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A-Level. From when the British section was introduced the two sections of El Alsson have shared the same buildings and facilities as they still do today, and teaching staff have always been a mixture of Egyptian and expatriate teachers working together. All children entering the school in Reception and Year 1 (ages 4 and 5) followed the English Curriculum for two years, and thereafter parents were asked to decide whether they wanted their children

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