Lycée français de Pondichéry

Lycée français de Pondicherry
Motto
Location
12 Rue Victor Simonel, Pondicherry, Pondichéry,
India
Information
Type Private
Established 1826
Grades Class 1 - 12
Number of students 1400
Campus size 5 acres (20,000 m2)
Affiliation University of Rennes
Website Lycée Français de Pondicherry

The Lycée français de Pondichéry in Pondicherry, India is one of the most important French high schools (lycée français) outside France and the second largest in Asia after that in Hong Kong.

The Lycée français de Pondichéry was established as the Collège Royal on 26 October 1826 by Eugène Panon, Comte Desbassayns de Richemont, then Gouverneur Général of Pondicherry in French India, during the Bourbon Restoration.

Affiliated with the University of Rennes,[1] it is the oldest lycée outside France. Today it welcomes around 1400 students from elementary school to Baccalauréat level.

The French Institute of Pondicherry has hosted training sessions for teachers of the lycée.[2]

References

  1. ^ Department of Industries and Commerce staff. "French connections, Lycee français" (in English). industrypondicherry.com. http://www.industrypondicherry.com/html/ifrench.htm. "This institute is affiliated to the University of Rennes in France." 
  2. ^ Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP) Staff. "Training sessions for the teachers of the French Lycée of Pondicherry" (in English). ifpindia.org. http://www.ifpindia.org/Training-sessions-for-the-teachers-of-the-French-Lycee-of-Pondicherry,225.html. 

External links

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