College d'enseignement general de Gbegamey

School focus
Discipline Work Success

Number of classes, teachers and students (f/m)
48 educational groups, 70 permanent teachers and 53 contractors, 2685 students of whom 1467 girls and 1218 boys.

Age of students
16 to 22 years old

School history
The general college education of Gbégamey was ceated in 1964 and was the first general college education of Cotonou. The first headmaster was Basile  Louèkè. To date, it has had 10 directors.

What we want to tell about our school
The general college education of Gbégamey has a great importance in the country; it is a composition center of various exams and contests, it is one of geatest correction centers of o‘level, it shelters numerous meetings notably in teacher training, various meetings relating to education issues, in short, it plays a major role in the Beninese education system, in this sense it has a national reputation. Students at this college are also great athletes, they have won numerous trophies remarkably in basketball and football, these trophies are displayed in the headmaster‘s office. It also shelters the Initiation and Training Project for Entrepreneurship and Leadership. This project introduces students to the sewing, carpentry and cooking outside of traditional educational disciplines.

Headmaster
SOSSA Léonard

Project involved teachers
1. DETCHENOU Eric
2. DAHOUE François
3. DAGBA H. Ghislaine
4. GUEDEGBE C. Georges
5. AGBOMENOU Donatien

Spoken/ taught languages
French, English, German and Spanish