Lycée Français Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio or Port Vila French Lycée (Lycée français de Port-Vila) is a French international school in
Port-Vila
Port Vila ( ; ), or simply Vila (), is the capital of Vanuatu and its largest city. It is on the island of Efate, in Shefa Province.
The population was 49,034 as of the 2020 census. In 2020, the population of Port Vila formed 16.3% of the co ...
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Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...
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Description
It was named after French author
J. M. G. Le Clézio. It serves ''maternelle'' (preschool) through ''terminale'', the final year of ''lycée'' (sixth form/senior high school).
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" Lycée Français J. M. G. Le Clézio. Retrieved on May 10, 2015. "Situé à Port Vila, capitale du Vanuatu, le Lycée Jean Marie Gustave LE CLEZIO scolarise les élèves de la maternelle à la terminale."
The Lycée de Port Vila was established in 1981. In 1987 one sixth (sixth to last) class and fifth (fifth to last) class opened. Additional grade levels were added until 1992, when the first graduates received their ''
baccalauréat
The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...
'' degrees.
[30 années au service des élèves]
" Lycée Français J. M. G. Le Clézio. Retrieved on May 10, 2015.
It is the most eastern school in the AEFE network, and the only French high school abroad in the entire Pacific Island.
Curriculum
The school offers the full length of French curriculum, from ''maternelle'' to ''
baccalauréat
The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...
''.
Foreign languages include English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.
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See also
* France–Vanuatu relations
References
External links
Lycée Français J. M. G. Le Clézio
French international schools in Oceania
Schools in Vanuatu
Port Vila
Educational institutions established in 1981
1981 establishments in Vanuatu
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