The British International School in Cairo (BISC) is a private British school in Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

. It participates in the IB, GCSE and SAT

SAT

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...

 exams. It was established in 1976 to provide an education based on British

United Kingdom

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 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. It opened its new campus in September 2008 in the new residential area of Beverly Hills.

BISC is an independent

Independent school

An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...

, fee-financed society, authorized by the Ministry of Social Affairs. It is situated in Beverly Hills, a compound within the 6th of October City, to the west of Cairo.
The Good Schools Guide International states that the school "offers a world class education – the best in Egypt - and prestige. To be a BISC graduate certainly says something." The school's recent inspection report (Nov 08) backs this strongly, making it the only COBIS accredited school in Egypt.

Technology in the school

The school has installed Smart Boards in all classrooms. The school also possesses several mobile carts of laptops which are supplied to classrooms on demand.

Year 9 students are required to study for and take the ICDL

European Computer Driving Licence

The European Computer Driving Licence , also known as International Computer Driving Licence , is a computer literacy certification programme provided by ECDL Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation....

 (International Computer Driving License) this is used in schools in England for IB students.

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 Heads of Schools. Admission is also subject to the availability of spaces in the required year group and, of course, the parents' financial situation.