The École Française de Bujumbura is a French international school in central

Bujumbura Bujumbura (; ), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's normal capital. In late ...

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

. It is in proximity to the Prince Rwagasore Stadium. It has ''maternelle'' (preschool), ''élémentaire'', ''collège'' (junior high school), and ''lycée'' (senior high school/sixth-form college) sections. As of 2015 it has 550 students ranging in age from 2–18. The students include Burundians and French but the school also has persons from other countries. the school directly teaches from ''toute petite section'' ("the littlest section", for students under three years of age) until ''seconde'' (first year of ''lycée'') and uses the

National Centre for Distance Education The National Centre for Distance Education (''Centre national d'enseignement à distance'' or Cned in French) is a French public institution under the oversight of the Department of Education dedicated to providing distance learning material. It ...

(CNED) distance learning programme for the remaining two years, ''première'' and ''terminale''. In 2022, the French newspaper ''

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'' reveals that the principal of the school is accused of harassment, sexism and resorting to prostitution, but remains in office despite numerous alerts to the French Embassy and the

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