El Nasr Girls' College

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El Nasr Girls' College (EGC) (Arabic:كلية النصر للبنات) is a famous school in El Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt. It is one of the main old schools in the city. It includes kindergarten, primary, preparatory, and secondary sections.

1 History
2 Main building
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The E.G.C opened in 1935 in a villa in Zizinia which was rented for two years till the school in El Shatby was built.^[1] It was to be a counterpart to Victoria College which used to admit boys only. The idea of establishing this school was Sir Henry Barker's, a British resident in Alexandria. The acronym E.G.C. used to stand for English Girls' College . However, in 1956, during Nasser's era, the school was nationalized and given its current name, and the school staff were sacked and expelled from Egypt.^[2] The school accepted boys up to grade 3 Prep for a period, during which it was called El Nasr Chatby College.

The school used to include Egyptian and foreign students who belonged to high class families. The staff, as well, was 100% British. One very well known E.G.C. graduate is Queen Sofia of Spain.

[edit] Main building

The main building of the school consists of classrooms, a dormitory, a huge dining room, and a theater. Nowadays, the dormitory section has transformed into classrooms as there is no boarding students any longer.