École Internationale Les Alizés is a French international school in
Praia
Praia (, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.[Cape Verde
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located at Avenida ONU in the neighbourhood of
Achada Santo António
Achada Santo António is a subdivision of the city of Praia in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Its population was 12,965 at the 2010 census. It is situated near the Atlantic
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.
[L’école internationale les Alizés]
Archive
. Embassy of France in Cape Verde. Retrieved on May 12, 2015. "Ecole Internationale « Les Alizés » Avenida de OUA CP 395 PRAIA (CAP-VERT)" It serves levels ''maternelle'' (preschool) through ''lycée'' (senior high school), directly teaching ''maternelle'' and ''primaire'' (elementary) levels and using the distance education programme from 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) for ''collège'' (junior high school) and beyond.
École internationale Les Alizés
" AEFE
The Agency for French Education Abroad, or Agency for French Teaching Abroad, (; AEFE), is a national public agency under the administration of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (France), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France that assures the qualit ...
. Retrieved on May 12, 2015.
The school opened in 1991. The Ministry of Education of France via 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) approved the school for primary classes in 2000. As of the 2014–2015 school year
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there were 240 students from 17 countries. 161 students were Cape Verdean, making up 67% of the student body. 21 students, or 9%, were French. The remaining 58 students, or 24%, were of the other 15 nationalities.
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École Internationale Les Alizés
École Internationale Les Alizes
– Embassy of France in Cape Verde
Schools in Cape Verde
Praia
French international schools in Africa
1991 establishments in Cape Verde
Educational institutions established in 1991
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