Education in Kinshasa - American School of Kinshasa, University of Kinshasa, Acad Mie Des Beaux-Arts, University of Lovanium (Paperback)

Chapters: American School of Kinshasa, University of Kinshasa, Acad mie Des Beaux-Arts, University of Lovanium, cole D'informatique D' lectronique et D'expertise Comptable, Institut de N'djili. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The American School of Kinshasa (TASOK) is an English-using international school in Kinshasa, which is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is an independent, coeducational day school which offers an educational program covering kindergarten through to grade 12. The School admits students of all nationalities, and was founded in 1961. At the beginning of the 2004-2005 school year, there were 185 students enrolled and there were 23 faculty members employed. All teaching staff are fully qualified and 90% have earned credentials either from the United States or their country of origin. TASOK was founded in 1961 as "TASOL" for "The American School of Leopoldville," Leopoldville being the name of the capital of the newly independent Democratic Republic of the Congo. The "L" was amended to "K" when the name of the city was changed to Kinshasa in 1966. After Independence in 1960, the Congolese schooling system entered into chaotic disarray, and many of the European schools that had catered to business people, missionaries, diplomats, and aid workers had closed. A group of these led by American missionaries purposed to start a K-12 institution for their children and for others desiring an American-style of education in Central Africa. Land for the school was donated by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Board who resided on the mission station near Stanley Pool (now Pool Malebo) on the Congo River. Until the school buildings were completed, the first classes were held in buildings on the mission station. Wit...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2785281