The British International School in Cairo (BISC) is a private British school in Egypt. It participates in the IB, GCSE and SAT exams. It was established in 1976 to provide an education based on British principles and curricula for the children of the expatriate British and Anglo-Egyptian communities; children from the Commonwealth and other countries with educational systems based upon British standards; children of the English-speaking Egyptian community and other nationalities tied to British-type schooling. Image File history File links Bisclogo. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zamalek is a district of Cairo, Egypt. ... Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: , Government  - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area  - City 214 km²  (82. ... IB or ib may stand for: Ibuprofen Intelligence Bureau, Indian internal intelligence. ... GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other uses, see SAT (disambiguation). ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

BISC is an independent, fee-financed society, authorized by the Ministry of Social Affairs. It is situated in Zamalek, a residential area on a large island close to the center of the city and within a three-minute walk of the private Gezira Sporting Club where the sporting facilities are extensively used by the school. Zamalek is a district of Cairo, Egypt. ...

Technology in the School

The school has installed digital projectors in all school classrooms, and also possesses several mobile carts of laptops (which are supplied to classrooms on demand). Laptop with touchpad. ...

S3 students are required to study for and take the ICDL (International Computer Driving License). Possible meanings: Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders International Childrens Digital Library International Conference on Digital Libraries European Computer Driving License International Computer Driving License This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Admissions

BISC is a selective entry school and prior to admission, students undergo informal interviews with the Principal. Further interviews are carried out by the relevant Heads of Schools. Admission is also subject to the availability of spaces in the required year group and, of course, the parents' financial situation. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

External links

• School homepage