Friday, May 31 2019 22:00

ArmInfo. Parents of students of the  French school Anatol France in Yerevan on May 31 met with the French  ambassador Jonathan Lacote .

According to the press service of the embassy, during this annual  meeting the school principal summed up the results of the past year  and presented the school development plans. The Ambassador thanked  Martin Becker, who left the post of director, for his significant  contribution to the development of the school in recent years, and  introduced the new director Adel Shekiry, who from the new school  year will take the post of school director.

Established in 2007, the French school named after Anatole France,  along with the French University of France in Armenia, is one of the  key links of the French presence in Armenia. They offer their  services to the French community, as well as to parents of Armenians  and other nationalities who want to give their children a French  national education. Students from more than eighteen countries study  in a multilingual environment. More than 50% of schoolchildren are  Armenian, the school contributes to the development of the French  language and francophone in Armenia.

The school offers full-time education, from kindergarten to high  school. The number of students is growing year after year, and this  school year the French school is going to accept more than 250  students.  Ambassador Jonathan Lacote assured that the embassy will  support the development of the school, especially with regard to the  selection of new teachers, the certification of courses and the  possibility of changing the conditions in the school premises.