Holy Spirit Lycée

Holy Spirit Lycée French: Lycée du Saint-Esprit
Location
Gihosha, Bujumbura Burundi
Coordinates	3°21′51″S 29°23′32″E
Information
Former name	Usumbura Interracial College (1952-1955)
Type	Public secondary school
Motto	Latin: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the Greater Glory of God)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Denomination	Jesuits
Established	1952 (1952)
Rector	Félix Barutwanayo
Faculty	53
Age range	11 through 18
Enrollment	920
Language	French-medium Kirundi Swahili English
Campus size	6 hectares (15 acres)

Holy Spirit Lyceum (French: Lycée du Saint-Esprit) is a public Catholic secondary school located in Gihosha, Bujumbura, Burundi. The school was founded by the Rwanda Burundi Region of the Society of Jesus in 1952; and it covers ages 11 through 18 and has about 920 students. The Lycée is managed by the Society of Jesus. It has ranked first in the country's national exams.

History

In 1952 the Jesuit College was located on Kiriri Hill in eastern Bujumbura, under the name Usumbura Interracial College. It was re-named after the Holy Spirit in 1955. The Burundian government took over the school in 1987 and moved it to Kamenge, a northern zone of Bujumbura. In 1990 it was returned to the Jesuits and took its present name. It remains in Kamenge but, following the redivision of the city into new administrative units, it was designated as being in the zone of Gihosha. It operates under the designation of public schools under Catholic management. Teaching is in French while languages taught include the native Kirundi as well as Swahili and English.

Past rectors include Guillaume Ndayishimiye (1990-2000 and 2011-2016), Ignace Samurenzi (2000-2001 and 2003-2011), Robert Albertijn (2001-2003 ) and Bernard Karerwa(2016- ).

See also

• Education in Burundi
• List of Jesuit schools