(A.E.F.E.= Agence pour l’enseignement français à l’étranger)

A Worlwide Network

a public agencyFinanced by french State

75 Schools are directly administrated by the agency

Other schools are partners

Only official french teaching program

WHO ARE THE STUDENTS ?40% are french

60% are from the local country and other countries

Primary schools

Secondary schools

IS IT FREE OF CHARGES?

French citizens: free

Other citizen : not free

TEACHING PROGRAM

Bilingual

Prepare « Baccalauréat » (= A level)

All students can enter french universities

« Lycée français » of Pékin

« LYCEE FRANCAIS » of Los Angeles

« LYCEE FRANCAIS » of Abidjan

GUIDANCE COUNSELLINGNo Guidance counsellors in French abroad

schools

Three travelling Guidance counsellors based in Paris

Partnership between local French guidance offices

and French abroad schools

EXAMPLE OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GUIDANCE OFFICE OF TOULOUSE AND IBERIC FRENCH

SCHOOLSEvery year, five Guidance counsellors from

Toulouse go for a week in Iberic French schools :

Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Alicante, Valencia.

Portugal: Lisboa

WHAT IS THE JOB ?

Intense work

Collective informations in classroom

Meeting with parents

Meeting with teachers

Individual interviews

GLOBALIZATIONStudents can choose to study at university in

several different countries

Former students can keep contact and benefit from former students network all over the world

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