Lycee Malick SY

It has 3414 students (according to Rapport Général de Rentrée 2012-2013) who spend three years at the end of which they take the Baccalaureate Exam.

El Hadji Malick Sy was a respected and venerated religious leader born in Gaya, Saint-Louis (northern Senegal) in 1847 from a Fulani family.

Maodo Malick –his nickname- traveled to Mauritania for religious training, and then returned to Saint-Louis in 1884.

When he came back from Mecca, he went to teach in Louga and Pire before establishing a ‘Zawiya' (religious center) in Tivaouane in 1902.

El Hadji Malick Sy has considerably contributed to the spread of the Tidjaniya brotherhood.

Along with the picture of the Godfather, the baobab is represented on all the official documents of the school and the uniforms of students.

It is composed of the Headmaster, his Deputy, Teachers, Superintendents, a Bursar, a Social Assistant and a Nurse.

In case the latter need to be absent they have to go to see them in order to have valid justifications that could allow them to keep attending classes when back.

They tutor clubs, organize students in educational groups and alert them on things related to their day-to-day life.

At Malick SY High School students learn many interesting subjects which help them have a wide range of choices after passing their Baccalaureate exam.

The literary branches learn French, English, history & geography, philosophy and foreign languages- Spanish, Portuguese, German and Arabic.

It's important to remind people that this school has contributed a lot to the training of the Senegalese intelligentsia.

They are led by students and represent El Hadji Malick SY High School everywhere in Senegal.