The Pioneer School of Ariana (; ), commonly known as LPA, is a secondary school located in "l'Avenue de l'Indépendance" in Ariana, Tunisia.
It is one of the most prestigious schools in Tunisia, known for its high quality education and its highly competitive environment : it enjoys a success rate of 100% at the Baccalaureate exam. « Bac 2007 : Lycée pilote de l'Ariana, 37 élèves avec 19/20 de moyenne (chiffres 2007) », Babnet, 25 juin 2007 In 2018 it was ranked 1st regionally and 1st nationally .Official website : https://lpa.tn/articles.php?aradd=20160801
History The school was founded on September 15, 1983, in the context of a policy aiming at uniting the elites in special schools. First, scientific subjects were taught in English but French soon substituted it, as is the case in the other Tunisian schools. Students used to get in at the age of twelve. At the time, the school had 7 different grades. But following educational reforms, the secondary education has been split into two parts, and students enter this school at the age 15, after achieving grades among the highest in the national 9th grade examination. This is the fact that makes it an elite school.
Principals To this day, the school has had nine principals: 1983-1989 : Habiba Soua 1989-2000 : Néjib Zaatour 2000-2008 : Hassen Zaghdidi 2008-2011 : Mondher Sghairi 2011-2011 : Saima Néji Ben Brahim 2011- 2012 : Ahmed Oueslati nov. 2012-April 2013 : Zouhaier Idoudi sept. 2013-sept. 2018 : Naïma Lajnef Bouafif sept. 2018-dec. 2024 : Farhat Hmidi dec. 2024-present : Rym Omar
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