page_title: Praia
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Praia / Education
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Sekundarschule (Liceu) Domingos Ramos in Praia, Kap VerdeEnglish: Secondary school (Liceu) Domingos Ramos in Praia, Cape VerdePortuguês: Escola Secundária (Liceu) Domingos Ramos em Praia, Cabo Verde
context_page_description: Praia is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. Located on the southern coast of Santiago island, within the Sotavento Islands group, the city is the seat of the Praia Municipality. Praia is the economic, political, and cultural center of Cabo Verde.
context_section_description: The city of Praia is home to the first primary school in the archipelago, originally known as the Escola Central (today known as the Escola Grande). For much time it was the only primary school in Praia. At the beginning of the 1960s, other primary schools began to be built in neighbourhoods around the Plateau and in other localities on the island.
  Praia was also the first site in Cabo Verde with a secondary education institution with the creation of the Liceu Nacional in 1861. However, the Portuguese authorities were not interested in implementing secondary education in Cabo Verde and the school failed as a result; secondary education became, afterwards, the role of the Seminário de Ribeira Brava on the island of São Nicolau, and later of the lyceum in Mindelo.
  In 1960, Praia again had secondary education, first with a facility on 12 September Plaza and later in its own building. With the expansion of education in Cabo Verde in the 1990s, buildings dedicated to education were constructed in Cabo Verde, and Praia in 2016 had 12 secondary education schools.
  International schools:
  École Internationale Les Alizés (French school)
  Colégio Internacional – Cabo Verde (Portuguese school)
  For higher education, there are the Universidade de Santiago, Instituto Superior de Ciencias Juridícas e Sociais, Instituto Superior de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde, and University of Cape Verde.
  Praia is also home to the National Library and the National Archives Building or the ANCV.
caption: Liceu Domingos Ramos.
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