Presentation of EFASE

The Ecole Francophone Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (EFASE) has more than 660 students from Grade 000 to final year of High School. They come from around fifteen nationalities and live in an airy, green and well-maintained environment located in the heart of Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.

EFASE is in Kigali, the only local legal school that prepares French, nationals and other countries students to obtain the Diplôme National du Brevet (DNB) “O” Level and the Baccalaureat “A” Level. It provides the teaching programs of the French National Education and in accordance with its values ​​and requirements, promotes exchange and broadening to others.

Since 2010, the year of its reopening, the preschool, primary and Junior Secondary School sections have been receiving direct instruction while the pupils of the Senior High School section have been following the courses from the Centre National d’Education à Distance (CNED) in organized classes.

With teachers from numerous origins, with various professional experiences and dedicated to the cohesion of the educational community, EFASE's essential goal is to contribute to the training of responsible individuals and citizens and to promote the acquisition of knowledge and skills included in the programs of the French educational system.

History of EFASE

The school has a long history in Kigali. It was founded in 1973, and until 1994 it appears on the list of French Schools abroad and benefits from the support of the Agence pour l’Enseignement Français à l’Etranger (AEFE). Closed from 1994 to 1998, the buildings will be ceded to the French authorities out of will of the pupils’ parents anxious to keep their children in the French educational system.

In 1998, with the financial support of the French Embassy in Kigali, it reopened its doors and named itself “International School UBUCUTI” (friendship), name which will be abandoned in 2003 to take up that of Ecole Française Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Following the breakdown of diplomatic relations between Rwanda and France, it will be closed again in 2006.
In 2009, France and Rwanda re-established diplomatic relations and the school reopened in September 2010 with 229 students, 80% of them were Rwandans. The main objective of the organization which therefore ensures its management is the intellectual, moral and physical education of children going to the school.

In 2017, the name of the school changed from Ecole Française Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to Ecole Francophone Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (EFASE). Subsequently, the enrollment has continued to grow to reach the number of 660 pupils at the start of the 2022-2023 marked by the re-agreement which initiated the great return of the establishment to the network of French schools abroad (AEFE).This dynamism symbolizes the vitality that the French language  and French-speaking cultures have found in Rwanda for several years.

EFASE educational project

Choosing the Ecole Francophone Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an approved school, means adhering to the values ​​of the French education system that are freedom, equality, fraternity, secularism and the rejection of all discrimination.

It is also to embrace the humanist values ​​carried by the AEFE: tolerance, equality between girls and boys, equal opportunities, intellectual curiosity, promotion of critical thinking...

Finally, it’s going to:

• Excellence through quality training that leads students towards success in an internationally recognized exam: the Baccalauréat;
• Sharing because the establishment is a place of linguistic and cultural exchanges and meetings, vectors of a shared experience based on strong values;
• Language teaching which allows national students to integrate teaching in French, each French or foreign student to access the language of the host country and all students to learn English and other international languages ​​in a multicultural context;
• The influence of the French and Francophone language and cultures by cultivating intercultural communication and mutual understanding.

EFASE facilities

In order to welcome students in an environment conducive to their development and to work, the organization pays particular attention to the quality and diversity of the facilities.

EFASE has 10 buildings comprising: 32 classrooms, a computer room, a physics and chemistry laboratory, a canteen, offices for administration, three rooms for teachers and an infirmary, all in a green environment.

Sports activities take place at the Cercle Sportif de Kigali (CSK) located in front of the school. This sports complex has quality infrastructure such as: sports facilities, playgrounds, gym, swimming pool, etc.

Download Projet d'établissement 2021-2024_adopté par le CE du 24.11.2021

Download Calendrier scolaire 2022-2023 EFASE conventionné

School days and school hours

Doors open at 7 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.
Ringtone then welcome in class from 7.50 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Reception open from 7:30 am

Download Organigramme EFASE 2022

Governance

EFASE is a national non-profit and non-governmental organization. It is administered by the Board of Directors. Its role and the regulatory framework for the functioning of the EFASE administrative and financial management are defined by the organization’s statutes.
The Board of Directors ensures the management of the school in accordance with Rwandan laws.

The School Council acts on all school and educational aspects. It meets three times a year under the chairmanship of the school head. It represents kindergarten, elementary school, junior and senior high school section. It is responsible for all matters relating to teaching and education in compliance with the directives of the AEFE and within the budgetary framework defined by the Board of Directors.

Institutional partners

AEFE
CNED
Ministère de l’Education Nationale et de la Jeunesse
Ambassade de France au Rwanda
Campus France
Institut Français du Rwanda

Other Partners

FLE.fr
Lelivrescolaire.fr

Former students of EFASE

Welcome to the association of former students of Efase, network of
professionals around the world. Our mission is to connect former
students to the school and to each other to support Efase and its
students by facilitating access to business, networking and others
activities to promote the French language in our communities and to the world.

You can reach our contact point for alumni who want to know more about
the organization or want to share their personal and professional
experience.

We are counting on the support of all to make this
dynamic initiative and strengthen the camaraderie and solidarity between
peoples.

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Contact:
Mr. Victor NKINDI
+250788537894
victornkindi@gmail.com