For more than twenty years, École Paul & Virginie has supported pupils from Petite Section to CM2 in a caring, demanding and outward-looking environment.
École Paul & Virginie is a Mauritian non-profit company, created in 2003 to offer families a quality French education in Mauritius.
Today it welcomes more than 550 pupils, from Petite Section to CM2, in an exceptional setting in Tamarin.
Accredited by the French Ministry of Education, it is part of the worldwide network of the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) and follows the official French national curriculum.
In 2002, in Tamarin, on the west coast of Mauritius, the area was growing and many French-speaking families were settling there. Yet there was no nearby French school: the youngest children had to travel up to two hours a day to reach the schools in Curepipe or Moka.
From this observation the project was born, driven by four volunteer parents who put their skills at the service of a shared ambition:
Carried by their enthusiasm and supported by families, the venture took shape: École Paul & Virginie opened its doors for the 2003 school year.
Since its creation, École Paul & Virginie has kept on growing to meet the needs of an increasing number of families — new spaces, new facilities, and today the possibility of continuing schooling beyond CM2.
The school is built: nursery block, administrative building and infirmary.
Additional classrooms and an amphitheatre are built.
The canteen, the BCD, primary building B and the kiosk are built.
The ULIS building and the English room are built, and the administrative building and infirmary are extended.
Primary building C is built, the car park is reorganised and the amphitheatre is extended.
The Collège de l'Ouest is created, co-managed by École Paul & Virginie, to allow pupils to continue their French education after CM2.
The school welcomes more than 550 pupils, from Petite Section to CM2.