China, Guangzhou
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The school delivers a French national curriculum through the AEFE network and provides a continuous pathway from preschool to the French Baccalauréat. It serves as the only school in Canton offering education in French. The curriculum emphasizes differentiation, critical thinking, and human values.
From preschool onward, the school provides a plurilingual program in French, English, and Chinese. Language pathways include PARLE (Parcours Adaptés et renforcés de langues étrangères) to strengthen foreign language mastery, with English integrated in groups as needed and EMILE (a subject taught in English). Since the 2021-2022 school year, families can choose between PARLE English-integral or the Chinese+ pathway, which maintains substantial English instruction while adding more Chinese language and culture components.
The campus supports a diverse community with a range of extracurricular activities every day. The school has a school restaurant and operates as a non-profit association run by parent families, fostering community events and collaborative projects.
The École Française Internationale de Canton (LFIC) is a French-curriculum school that has operated in Guangzhou since 1997 and is part of the AEFE network. It accepts children from toute petite section (from 2 years) through terminale; the school is homologated by the French Ministry from maternelle to seconde and runs the terminale cycle with CNED. LFIC delivers a trilingual pathway (French, English and Mandarin) and says it enrolls students from over 25 nationalities. The campus in Jinshazhou (Baiyun District) includes a school cafeteria and daily extracurricular activities; offerings named on the site include a school choir, a student government, a web radio project for older students, and sports associations (basketball, football, table tennis). The school's public pages list annual tuition by section (RMB) and practical information for parents (admissions, financial regulation, scholarships). All facts above are taken from the school's website pages and published tuition PDF.