The AEFE network
Created in 1990, the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) is a national public institution placed under the supervision of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Taking into account the reception capacities of establishments, it ensures the public service missions relating to education for French children residing outside France and contributes to the influence of the French language and culture as well as to the strengthening of relations between French and foreign education systems.
Taking into account the reception capacities of establishments, it ensures the public service missions relating to education for French children residing outside France and contributes to the influence of the French language and culture as well as to the strengthening of relations between French and foreign education systems.
FRENCH HIGH SCHOOL WEEK
VIVE LA FRANCOPHONIE
At the initiative of the AEFE, the 8th edition of the Week of French High Schools in the World was held from November 25 to 30, 2024. This Week aims to promote the excellence and quality of teaching in French high schools around the world to new audiences, in France and abroad. It represents an opportunity to highlight the strengths of French education abroad: the specificities of French kindergarten, multilingual education as well as the baccalaureate which guarantees access to the best French and foreign higher education establishments. .
This year, the theme of the Week is: “Francophonie: establishments create and innovate”. The objective is to mobilize all educational and institutional stakeholders to promote French education abroad.
For its part, the International French School of Colombo set up on this occasion, around the teachers of the establishment, a certain number of activities around the Francophonie and the French language which allowed the students to better understand the importance of the presence of the French language in the world as well as the diversity of its practice in countries which share this language.
The main objective of the AEFE is to serve and promote a school network that is unique in the world, made up of nearly 612 establishments located in 139 countries.
This agreement defines the financial relations that it maintains with the AEFE, as well as the services to which the establishment can claim, in particular in terms of continuing training of staff, inspection, educational engineering, management advice and governance, educational guidance, use of the services and tools put in place by the Agency.
AEFE, the world's leading school network
The AEFE network, the world’s leading international education network, is established in 139 countries. Between 1990 and 2020, the number of students doubled.
The next ten years will be those of a further doubling of the number of students, the objective indicated by the President of the French Republic – the “Cap 2030” – being to reach 700,000 pupils in 2030.
The next ten years will be those of a further doubling of the number of students, the objective indicated by the President of the French Republic – the “Cap 2030” – being to reach 700,000 pupils in 2030.
