The American Program
- Central College offers students of different nationalities or pupils who have spent more than two years outside Lebanon a special American program (AP) with an enriched American curriculum.
- Students registered in the AP section take special Arabic and French classes.
- Students in the AP section follow the enrollment procedures stated above. The essential documents for enrollment are the following:
- The new candidate’s official school papers (report card and certificate of attendance from his/her previous school/transfer certificate) should be certified by the school, the Lebanese Embassy in country of residence, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in country of residence.
- In Lebanon, those same documents should be certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Achrafieh then UNESCO, Beirut.
- The UNESCO will issue an equivalence, which exempts the candidate from regular Arabic classes and later the Lebanese Brevet & Baccalaureate.
- Copy of the candidate’s passport
- 2 passport photos
The French Program
- In addition to the American program, CCJ adopts the French Baccalaureate system (Bacc. Français) from Kindergarten to Secondary School.
- This system is obligatory till Grade 9. However, in the secondary classes the conditions of acceptance are determined by the administration.
Exemptions
- Students holding a foreign nationality will be exempt from subjects scheduled in the Lebanese curriculum if they obtain the necessary documents/equivalence duly signed by the Ministry of Education.
- Physical education is considered obligatory as all other subjects in the curriculum. A waiver signed by the parents is requested for exemption from a sports session to be presented to the Head of Section. In this case, a specific task will be allocated for the student to complete during the sports class. If the need for exemption from the sports class exceeds one session or is for a specific period of time due to medical reasons, a medical report is required and should be re-issued/renewed every year.