The Asian Age

French Internatio­nal School now open for Indian students

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT NEW DELHI, MAY 9

The French Internatio­nal School in the national capital, which has students from 47 nationalit­ies, has now opened its doors to Indian students, especially those seeking a bilingual education. “The Lycée Français Internatio­nal de Delhi (French Internatio­nal School in Delhi) has been here for decades now and yet is not quite well known in the Delhi education landscape. We want this to change. LFID is not only a French school. It actually enrols students from 47 nationalit­ies. But believe it or not, it couldn’t till last year enroll Indian nationals. This absurd situation had to change,” said Alexandre A pact on the mutual recognitio­n of academic qualificat­ions between France & India was signed during Prez Emmanuel Macron’s recent India visit Ziegler, ambassador of France to India. An agreement on the mutual recognitio­n of academic qualificat­ions between France and India was signed during President Emmanuel Macron’s recent India visit, aimed at boosting student exchanges between the two countries. The outreach plan and the education it imparts, which follows a bilingual track to make the school not only more inclusive, but also to give its students the advantage of proficienc­y in two widelyspok­en foreign languages. The French Internatio­nal School in Delhi was set up in 1960. The school, which currently follows the French Baccalaure­ate (FB), also plans to introduce in the coming years the Internatio­nal Baccalaure­ate (IB) adopted by internatio­nal schools across the globe. The ambassador added that among the 316 students enrolled in the school, only half are French, 123 hold other nationalit­ies. “At present, 25 per cent of the curriculum is being taught in English while rest of it is in French, but we plan to work on that as well,” he added.

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