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Mauritius, Mauritius
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École Paul et Virginie is located in Tamarin, on the southwest coast of Mauritius, in the Smart et Happy Village Cap Tamarin. It is a Mauritian non‑profit company. It is homologated by the French Ministry of Education and Youth as a French overseas teaching establishment serving Petite Section to CM2 and is part of the AEFE network. As an AEFE partner, it operates on funds generated solely by tuition fees and donations. The school's motto is Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world, and its project of establishment aims to help each child know themselves, become a learner, discover a range of possibilities, and push themselves; the creation of the school is described in a five‑phase narrative by Vincent Lagarde and Robert Ferrat on the day of pre‑entry in 2022, as part of the Projet d'établissement 2019/2024.
The school prioritizes the relationship with families and promotes communication with all educational actors surrounding the student. Various actions are undertaken throughout the year to welcome new parents, including a guide for parents and two onboarding meetings with the head of establishment followed by a coffee with the association of parents d'élèves (APEP). The list of parent representatives for 2025/2026 is published. Daily communication is available at the reception, by phone, via the school Facebook page, and through the weekly email and the school blog. The Comité de Communication et de Liaison (CCL) meets four times a year and the head of establishment meets parent representatives four times a year before the CCL, and the minutes of recent CCL meetings are published.
APEP is the Association des Parents d'Élèves. Two onboarding meetings with the head of establishment are organized on the first days of school, followed by a coffee meeting with APEP. The list of parent representatives for the 2025/2026 year is published. The head of establishment meets parent representatives four times a year ahead of the Comité de Communication et de Liaison (CCL), which is the school council. Minutes of recent CCL meetings are published, including the CCL on 20 March 2025, 5 December 2024, 27 June 2024, 28 March 2024, and 7 December 2023.
École Paul et Virginie is a private, nonprofit French-language preschool and primary school located in Tamarin on Mauritius' southwest coast, within the Smart et Happy Village Cap Tamarin. It serves children from Petite Section (nursery) through CM2 (Grade 5), welcoming ages roughly 3 to 11. The school follows the French curriculum and is homologated by the French Ministry of Education and Youth as a French overseas teaching establishment, and it is part of the AEFE network. It operates as a nonprofit funded by tuition fees and donations, guided by a volunteer management committee. Language learning is a central focus, with reinforced foreign-language study from the start of primary and opportunities to practice English in clubs. The environment uses differentiated pedagogy to support each learner's progress and to foster a love of learning. Extracurricular activities, holiday centres and daycare complement academics and contribute to a caring, community-oriented school experience.
