The Lycée français international de Pondichéry is an international French school in
Pondicherry, Puducherry
Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the capital and most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of India and is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal to ...
, India.
The school provides education from pre-primary to ''lycée'' (senior high school), 3 to 18 years old.
It is directly operated by the
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 nati ...
(AEFE), an agency of the French government. The school also is part of the AEFE network of 500 French high schools overseas.
It was established as the ''Collège Royal'' on 26 October 1826 by
Eugène Desbassayns de Richemont
Eugène Panon Desbassayns de Richemont (29 March 1800 – 26 June 1859), second Comte de Richemont, was a French colonial administrator and inventor.
Life
Eugène Panon Desbassayns de Richemont was born on 29 March 1800 in Paris. His father w ...
, then
Governor-General
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of
Pondichéry
Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the capital and most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of India and is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal to ...
in
French India
French India, formally the (), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were ''de facto'' incorporated into the ...
, during the
Bourbon Restoration Bourbon Restoration may refer to:
France under the House of Bourbon:
* Bourbon Restoration in France (1814, after the French revolution and Napoleonic era, until 1830; interrupted by the Hundred Days in 1815)
Spain under the Spanish Bourbons:
* Ab ...
.
In 2014, the school signed a
memorandum of understanding with the
Future Foundation School in Kolkata providing for student exchanges.
"School pact opens window to French education"
Archive
. ''The Times of India
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'', 8 November 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
See also
* 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 nati ...
References
External links
International French School Pondicherry
Lycée Français de Pondichéry
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High schools and secondary schools in Puducherry
Educational institutions established in 1826
Pondicherry
Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of the Puducherry (union territory), Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of Indi ...
1826 establishments in French India
Pondicherry
Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of the Puducherry (union territory), Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of Indi ...
Education in Pondicherry (city)