Établissement scolaire français Blaise-Pascal (ESFBP) is a French

international school International schools are private schools that promote education in an international environment or framework. Although there is no uniform definition or criteria, international schools are usually characterised by a multinational student body an ...

Lubumbashi Lubumbashi ( , ; former ; former ) is the second-largest Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

. It is named after

Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal (19June 162319August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic Church, Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. His earliest ...

. Established in 2009, it first opened in September of that year. It is a part of the

Mission laïque française Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to: Geography Australia *Mission River (Queensland) Canada *Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality *Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood * O ...

(MLF), and it operates classes for ''toute petite'' until ''seconde'' (first year of

lycée In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

- equivalent to

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high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

) directory, then ''première'' and ''terminale'' (final two years of lycée) with 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). it has about 340 students.

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French international schools in Africa Buildings and structures in Lubumbashi International schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Educational institutions established in 2009 2009 establishments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Elementary and primary schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo High schools and secondary schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo International high schools {{DRCongo-school-stub