Lycée Privé La Clairefontaine, also known as the Collège La Clairefontaine or the École La Clairefontaine, is a private French international school, serving preschool through senior high school, with campuses in the
Antananarivo
Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...
area and in
Tôlanaro
Fort-Dauphin (Malagasy Tolagnaro or Taolagnaro) is a city (''commune urbaine'') on the southeast coast of Madagascar. It is the capital of the Anosy Region and of the Taolagnaro District. It has been a port of local importance since the early 1500 ...
(Fort-Dauphin) in
Madagascar
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.
The main campus serves until senior high school, the Fort Dauphin campus only goes to junior high.
The school has multiple campuses in the Antananarivo: primary schools in
Ivandry,
Mandrosoa
Mandrosoa is a rural municipality in Analamanga Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Andramasina ''For other localities in Madagascar with the same name, please check: '' Andramasina (disambiguation)
...
, and
Talatamaty
Talatamaty is a town in Analamanga Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar, located at 5 km from the capital of Antananarivo
Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital a ...
, junior highs in
Ambodivoanjo and
Antsahabe, and a senior high in Ambodivoanjo. The school also has an annex in Tôlanaro which served junior and senior high school.
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History
Madame Gabrielle Radavidra established the school, which opened in 1982 with a campus in Ivandry. The AEFE began recognising the school in 1994.
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The Fort-Dauphin annex was established as the result of an agreement with QIT Madagascar Minerals S.A or QMM SA that was signed on 22 April 2005; it opened in September of that year. it had about 263 students.Présentation du lycée]
" Lycée La Clairefontaine. Retrieved on 6 July 2018. The Fort-Dauphin campus began its senior high classes in 2010, and the junior high ones were recognised by
AEFE
The Agency for French Education Abroad, or Agency for French Teaching Abroad, (french: Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger; abbreviation: AEFE), is a national public agency under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
that year.
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See also
* French people in Madagascar
There is a small but recognizable community of French people in Madagascar, of whom the vast majority are born in Madagascar and are descended from former settlers and colonists from France who settled in Madagascar during the 19th and 20th ce ...
References
External links
Lycée La Clairefontaine Anantanarivo
Lycée La Clairefontaine Tôlanaro
Antananarivo
Elementary and primary schools in Madagascar
French international schools in Madagascar
International high schools
1982 establishments in Madagascar
Educational institutions established in 1982
High schools and secondary schools in Madagascar
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