Asti Leku Ikastola
Asti Leku Ikastola is a Basque private school, created in 1963, located in Portugalete (Biscay). It currently has 1,800 students (approx.) and is one of the largest private schools in the Basque Autonomous Community and in the whole Basque Country.
| Asti Leku Ikastola | |
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| Address | |
Grumete Diego, 19 Portugalete Basque Country Spain , , 48910 | |
| Information | |
| School type | private school, private school |
| Motto | It is modified annually |
| Established | 1963 |
| Founders | Sabin Ipiña, Juantxu Beitia, Alejandro Echevarría, Félix Arambarri and others |
| Principal | Jesús Bilbao |
| Age | 2 to 18 |
| Language | Basque, Spanish, English, French |
| Website | https://astileku.eus |
| In Basque, the official name of the educational center is "Asti Leku" (which means literally "leisure place"). The term "ikastola" means "school" in Basque. The equivalent in English would be "Asti Leku School" or "Asti Leku College". In addition, in Spain there is a difference between "college" (private/independent education) and "school" (public/state education). So it could be translated with both terms. | |
It is a primary and secondary school and it offers kindergarten, primary education, secondary education, Baccalaureate education and Selectividad (from 2 to 18 years). Nowadays it is one of the private schools most known and prominent in the Basque Country.
The school was created in the Francoist Spain and its objective was to instill the Basque language, the Basque culture and the historical and cultural values of Basque Country.
The owner of the school is the enterprise "Asti Leku co-op" (consumers' co-operative business) and is associated in Ikastolen Elkartea, association of all the Basque Country's co-operative owned private schools.