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Mauritius, Mauritius
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The Lycée La Bourdonnais is a pioneer of French-programme education in Mauritius. It is the island's only international school offering a continuous path from kindergarten to terminale (ages 5 to 18), ensuring uninterrupted progression to the baccalaureate with a high success rate. French is the main language of instruction, with English occupying a central role from primary onward; from CP, the British Section strengthens English language learning. The school also offers European and international sections and teaches additional languages such as Spanish, German and Mandarin, reflecting a multilingual approach. It supports inclusive education through the Avançons Ensemble program to assist students with special needs. The school reports training over 8,630 graduates, a 100% baccalaureate success rate, five foreign languages taught, and about 82 secondary teachers.
CDI, the Centre de Documentation et d'Information, is available to secondary students as a resource, study space, and reading area. It offers novels, tales, short stories, some comics, many magazines, and a selection of Mauritian culture materials in French and English. The CDI hosts temporary exhibitions and arranges meetings with Mauritian authors, and resources are accessible online via the e-sidoc catalog. Textbooks are loaned to students at the start of the school year. Access to CDI materials is possible online through the e-sidoc portal.
The Lycée La Bourdonnais hosts student governance bodies: CVC (Conseil de Vie Collégienne) gives middle-schoolers a voice to propose improvements to collège life; CVL (Conseil de la Vie Lycéenne) is central to lycée democracy and includes students, staff and parent representatives; and the MDL (Maison des Lycéens) is a student group of about ten members who organize projects, cultural and humanitarian events, and help facilitate communication between students and the administration.
Lycée La Bourdonnais is Mauritius' long‑standing French‑programme school, AEFE‑conventioned and accredited by the French Ministry of Education. It serves ages 5 to 18 with a continuous path from kindergarten to terminale and a 100% baccalaureate pass rate. French is the main language of instruction, with English playing a central role from primary school onward. From CP, the British Section strengthens English language learning. The school offers a plurilingual curriculum with French and English as core languages and additional offerings in Spanish, German, Mandarin and Russian. English is taught through two tracks: the International British Section and the European Section. The International British Section combines the French Baccalaureate with two English A Levels and leads to the OIB, while also enabling Cambridge examinations and a French Ministry diploma. The European Section focuses on English, History and Geography. The Avançons Ensemble program supports inclusive education. The campus at Forest-Side hosts a Centre de Documentation et d'Information (CDI), and the school has trained about 8,630 graduates with around 82 secondary teachers.
