Agency for French Education Abroad

Agency for French Education Abroad
The Agency for French Education Abroad, or Agency for French Teaching Abroad, (AEFE), is a national public agency under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France that assures the quality of schools teaching the French national curriculum outside France. The AEFE has 495 schools in its worldwide network, with French as the primary language of instruction in most schools.
The AEFE head office is in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Curriculum
Schools are either directly managed (gestion directe), contracted (conventionné) or accredited (homologué). The schools provide an education based on the French national curriculum for pupils of various cultures from preschool through secondary school, and some receive substantial financial support from the French government. The schools provide an education leading to a baccalauréat, and students have access to all other French schools at their own educational level.
In addition, the schools have a curriculum linked to the individual countries in which they are established. The Lycée Français de San Francisco (formerly Lycée Français La Pérouse) and the International School of the Peninsula in San Francisco, for example, include American History and English Literature in its program, and the Lycée Français de Caracas in Venezuela includes History of Venezuela (ICV) from 6th to 9th grade.
Schools are located throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. Most of their pupils are children of French expatriates but they also include many regular pupils attracted by the quality of schooling provided. In any given academic year, around 160,000 students study in these schools.
School names
While there are no public guidelines for naming schools in the AEFE network, they tend to have some similarities. A school that follows the French curriculum through secondary school (high school in the United States and sixth form college in Great Britain) is often named a Lycée Français and prepares students for the French baccalauréat. Schools that combine the local and French curricula are often called French-American or Franco-Mexicain schools. Schools that offer the International Baccalaureate are often called International School or Lycée International.
Schools operated by or receiving funding from AEFE
Abu Dhabi, Lycée Louis-Massignon
Abu Dhabi, Lycée Français Théodore-Monod
Accra, Lycée Français Jacques Prevert d’Accra
Alicante, Lycée Français d'Alicante Pierre Deschamps
Amman, École Française d'Amman
Amsterdam, École Française Amsterdam
Andorra la Vella, Lycée Comte de Foix
Ankara, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Ankara
Alexandria, Lycée Français d'Alexandrie
Asunción, Lycée Français International Marcel Pagnol
Athens, Lycée Franco-Hellénique Eugène Delacroix
Austin, Austin International School
Bangkok, Lycée Français International de Bangkok
Barcelona, Lycée Français de Barcelone
Beijing, Lycée Français International de Pekin
Beirut, Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais
Beirut, Lycée Franco-Libanais Verdun
Beirut, Lycée Abdel Kader
Berlin, Collège français-Lycée français
Berlin, Collège Voltaire
Berkeley, California École Bilingue de Berkeley
Bilbao, Lycee Francais de Bilbao
Bobo Dioulasso, École Française André Malraux
Bogotá, Lycée Français Louis Pasteur
Bonn, École Charles de Gaulle - Adenauer
Boston, International School of Boston
Brussels, Lycée Français Jean Monnet
Bucharest, Lycée Français Anna de Noailles Bucarest
Budapest, Gustave Eiffel French School of Budapest
Buenos Aires, Lycée Franco-Argentin Jean Mermoz
Cairo, Lycée Français du Caire
Calgary, Lycée Louis Pasteur
Cali, Colombia Lycée Français Paul Valéry de Cali
California, International School of the Peninsula
Cape Town, École François Le Vaillant
Caracas, Lycée Français de Caracas
Casablanca, Lycée Lyautey
Chicago, Lycée Français de Chicago
Concepción, Lycée français Charles de Gaulle
Conakry, Lycée français Albert Camus
Copenhagen, Lycée Français Prins Henrik
Curicó, Lycée français Jean Mermoz
Dakar, Lycée français Jean Mermoz de Dakar
Dallas, Dallas International School
Damascus, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
Dhaka, École Française Internationale de Dacca
Delhi, Lycée Français de Delhi
Doha, Lycée Français de Doha
Doha, Lycée Franco-Qatarien Voltaire
Douala, Lycée Français Dominique Savio
Dubai, Lycée Français Georges-Pompidou
Dubai, Lycée Français International
Dublin, Lycée Français d'Irlande
Düsseldorf, Lycée français de Düsseldorf
Greenville, The International School of Greenville SC
Guadalajara, Lycée Français de Guadalajara - Colegio Franco Mexicano
Guatemala, Lycée Jules Verne
Habbouch (Lebanon), Lycée Franco-Libanais Habbouche-Nabatieh
Frankfurt, Lycée Français Victor Hugo
Hamburg, Lycée Français Antoine de Saint-Exupéry de Hambourg
Hanoi, Lycée français Alexandre Yersin
Heidelberg, Ecole Pierre et Marie Curie Heidelberg
Hong Kong, Lycée Français International Victor Segalen
Houston, Awty International School
Houston, Lycée International de Houston
Islamabad, École Française Alfred Foucher
Istanbul, Lycée français Pierre Loti
Jerusalem, Lycée Français de Jérusalem
Johannesburg, Lycée français Jules Verne
Kyiv, Lycée français Anne-de-Kiev
Košice, Lycée bilingue M.R. Štefánik
Kuwait City, Lycée Français de Koweït
Kuala Lumpur, Lycée Français LFKL
La Paz, Lycée Franco-Bolivien Alcides D'Orbigny
Lagos, Lycée Français Louis Pasteur de Lagos
Lima, Lycée Franco-Péruvien
Lisbon, Lycée Français Charles-Lepierre
London, Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
London, Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill
Los Angeles, Lycée International de Los Angeles (LILA)
Los Angeles, Lycée Français de Los Angeles
Luxembourg, Lycée français Vauban
Madagascar, Écoles et Lycée Français de Tananarive
Madagascar, Lycée La Clairefontaine
Madrid, Lycée Français de Madrid
Málaga, Lycée Français de Málaga
Mali, Lycée Français Liberté de Bamako
Mali, Groupe Scolaire Les Angelots
Managua, Lycée Franco-Nicaraguayen Victor Hugo
Manama, École Française de Bahreïn
Mauritius, Lycée Labourdonnais
Mauritius, Lycée des Mascareignes
Meknes, Lycée Paul-Valéry
Mexico City, Lycée Franco-Mexicain
Milan, Lycée Stendhal de Milan
Montevideo, Lycée Français de Montevideo
Montreal, Collège International Marie de France
Montreal, Collège Stanislas Montréal
Mumbai, Lycée Français International de Mumbai
Munich, Lycée Jean Renoir de Munich
Murcia, Lycée français André-Malraux de Murcie
Muscat, École Française de Mascate
Nairobi, Lycée Denis Diderot
New Orleans, Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans
New Jersey, The French American Academy
New York, French-American School of New York (located in suburban Westchester County).
New York, Ecole Internationale de New York
Nicosia École Française Arthur Rimbaud
Oslo, Lycée français René Cassin
Osorno, Lycée français Claude Gay
Ottawa, Lycée Paul Claudel
Ouagadougou, Lycée français Saint-Exupéry
Philadelphia, French International School of Philadelphia
Phnom Penh, Lycée français René Descartes de Phnom Penh
Pondicherry, Lycée français de Pondichéry
Porto, École Française Marius Latour
Pretoria, École Miriam Makeba Annexe du lycée français de Johannesburg
Port-au-Prince, Lycée Alexandre Dumas
Port Vila, Lycée Français Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
Princeton, New Jersey, French American School of Princeton
Providence, Rhode Island, French-American School of Rhode Island
Quebec City, Collège Stanislas Annexe de Québec
Rabat, Lycée Descartes
Rio de Janeiro, Lycée Molière
Rome, Lycée Chateaubriand
San Francisco, French American International School
San Francisco, Lycée Français La Pérouse
San José, Costa Rica, Lycée Franco Costarricien
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Ecole Française de Santa Cruz
Santiago (Vitacura commune), Lycée français Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Santo Domingo, Lycée Français de Saint domingue,
Seoul, Lycée Français de Séoul
Shanghai, Lycée Français de Shanghai
Sharjah, Lycée francais international Georges Pompidou
Singapore, French School of Singapore,
Sofia, Lycée Victor Hugo de Sofia,
Stockholm, Lycée Français de Stockholm
Sydney, Lycée Condorcet The French School of Sydney
Taipei, Taipei European School
Tangier, Lycée Regnault
Tegucigalpa, Lycée Franco-hondurien
The Hague, Lycée Français Vincent van Gogh,
Thessaloniki, École Française de Thessalonique
Tokyo, Lycée Franco-Japonais de Tokyo
Toronto, Lycée Français de Toronto
Toronto, Toronto French School
Tunis, Lycée Pierre Mendès France
Tunis (La Marsa), Lycée Gustave Flaubert
Valencia, Lycée Français de Valence
Vancouver, Cousteau École Française Internationale de Vancouver
Vienna, Lycée Français de Vienne
Vilnius, Lycée International Français de Vilnius
Viña del Mar, Lycée français Jean d'Alembert
Yaoundé, Lycée Français Fustel de Coulanges
Warsaw, Lycée français de Varsovie René Goscinny
Washington, Lycée Rochambeau
Zurich, Lycée Francais Marie Curie de Zurich
See also
Education in France
Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZfA) - The German equivalent of the AEFE
References
External links
Agency for French Education Abroad
Organizations based in Paris
14th arrondissement of Paris
Education in France
Language education organizations
Francophonie
International Baccalaureate schools
School accreditors
Associations of schools
Language immersion