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The educational system in the DRC is similar to that of Belgium in that there are 6 years of primary followed by 6 years of secondary education (the education system has suffered from decades of conflict although recent years have shown an improvement). In 2000, 65 percent of children ages 10 to 14 were attending school. [2]
The Belgian Congo (French: Congo belge, pronounced [kɔ̃ɡo bɛlʒ]; Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) [a] was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960 and became the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964.
The university was created in 1955 under Belgian colonial rule as the Official University of the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (French: Université officielle du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi) by the University of Liège and opened in 1956. [1] It was one of the institutions merged into the National University of Zaire in 1971. It was re-established as ...
The origins of the University of Kinshasa traced back to 1924 when the Catholic University of Louvain established a medical association to address health and education in the Belgian Congo. [10] [11] [12] At that time, the colony grappled with a critical shortage of medical professionals. [13]
The Governor General of the Belgian Congo appealed to the Jesuits to instruct and educate the increasing number of young Europeans in Léopoldville.On 4 October 1937 the college opened its doors under the name St. Albert College, to honor St. Albert of Louvain, patron saint of the Belgian monarch Albert I.
Lycée Prince de Liège (LPL) is a Belgian international school in Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] It serves Francophone Belgians and other Francophones of the ages 2–21. [2] It is a part of the Association of Belgian Schools Abroad, in French: Association des écoles à programme belge à l'étranger (AEBE).
Before the foundation of Lovanium, the Catholic University of Louvain already operated multiple institutes for higher education in the Belgian Congo.The Fomulac (Fondation médicale de l'université de Louvain au Congo), was founded in 1926, with the goal of forming Congolese medical personnel and researchers specialized in tropical medicine.
École Privée Belge de Lubumbashi (EPBL) is an international Belgian school in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Location It is ...