I need a bit of help from you people in Luxor!!

An English friend of mine in the UK, married to a Luxor Egyptian for a number of years has decided to move back to Luxor. This will be a trial with a view to live there permanently.

They have a four year old little boy who is bilingual but obviously has not yet started school. One of the things that they will be looking into is schooling, the intention is to send him to a private school in Luxor as opposed to a Government run school.

I know of one private school, the El Salam Language school, but would be interested if anybody has further details about it. What is considered to be the best Private school in Luxor? Does anybody know if these type of schools offer extra curricular activities?

I have also heard that the Sunshine Orphanage run a nursery school open to children outside of the orphanage. Once again, does anybody know anything about the standard of this nursery?

I have visited the Orphanage before, encountered a number of the children and always been impressed by their excellent English. Does anybody know what school these children attend?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. LL - I know you have some experience within Education so would be interested in your comments.

Many thanks

I will ask my friend where she sends her daughter and let you know as soon as I hear from her.

Until the child is in its early teens I think that your friend will be able to make up any shortfall in the child's education. She can bring the National Curriculum books out with her and treach extra bits each day. Once she gets to the examination stage it will depend on the level of your friend's own education as to how much she can add.

In the government schools there is an over-dependence on rote learning and then again there is the language barrier so, if it can be afforded, I would recommend a private education.

As far as I am aware all the Private Schools are on the East Bank.

I would be very interested in hearing about your friends experiences with the nursery. Does anybody have a rough idea of costs for Private Education in Luxor? I know that in Cairo the International schools which cover a UK or US curriculum are very expensive. I wouldn't imagine that the Luxor Private schools have such high fees.

I have not forgotten your question, it is just that I have not seen her for a couple of days to ask her about her daughter.