Kölcsey Ferenc National College

Kölcsey Ferenc National College (Romanian: Colegiul Național Kölcsey Ferenc, Hungarian: Kölcsey Ferenc Főgimnázium) is a public day high school for students aged 10 to 18, established in 1557 as a reformed school,[1] and located in Satu Mare, Romania. The school is named after the great Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician Ferenc Kölcsey.[1] The Kölcsey Ferenc National College is one of the only four national colleges located in Satu Mare alongside Mihai Eminescu, Ioan Slavici and Doamna Stanca.[2]

Kölcsey Ferenc National College
Colegiul Național Kölcsey Ferenc
Kölcsey Ferenc Főgimnázium
front view of the college
Address
George Coșbuc Street, Nr. 2

Satu Mare
,
Satu Mare County

Romania
Information
Funding typePublic
Established1557 (1557)
PrincipalEnikő Pataki
Staff73
Grades5–12
Age range10–18
Number of studentsca. 800
Classes28
Average class size25
LanguageHungarian
Websitehttp://www.kolcsey.ro/

History

The school was founded, in the second half of the 16th century (around 1557), initially as a lower school (current language school in general) as a subsidiary of the University of Debrecen.[1] Even if it was occasionally degraded, it always operated, as a general school (lower secondary school), or as a high school, ending with the baccalaureate. The community always took care of the school, because of the interests served.[1]

The school has 24 high school classes and 4 secondary school classes. There are 2 physics laboratories, 4 science laboratories, offices of the Romanian and Hungarian languages, biology, chemistry, history, and geography laboratories and a large sports hall that is well endowed with volleyball, handball, basketball and football courts.[1] The college has three main specialisations: mathematics and science, natural science, social science and philology in both normal and foreign language classes.[1]

The college is accredited for ECDL courses, providing students and conditions for staff members to obtain the European Computer Driving Licence.[1]

References
  1. "Istoric" (in Romanian). satu-mare.ro. Archived from the original on March 30, 2007. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
  2. "Licee" (in Romanian). www.satu-mare.ro. Retrieved 2009-07-28.

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