The French Lycée in Bilbao follows the guidelines issued by the French Ministry of Education. The official programmes have been approved by the Spanish Ministry of Education.
The values that underpin its educational system are:
Equality of individuals
Equity or equality of opportunity: personalised attention to each student is the determining factor of the pedagogical system.
The motto of the Lycée is to adapt to the student and not the other way around.
Secularism.
As regards cultural diversity, our international vocation allows us to welcome students from any background and, up to a very advanced age, with any level of French. We admit students from expatriate families, from all cultural backgrounds with the premise that variety enriches the sum and with secularism as our banner. Indeed, all cultures and religions are welcome but they must remain at the private level.
Thus, the centre and our students are able to admit and integrate any student in a spectacular way.
A fundamental task is to promote the acquisition of a critical spirit. This aspect is of great importance in the mental development and acquisition of values by the student. Through activities such as debate classes, radio and theatre workshops, students learn to listen to others and to argue their own opinions.
The school has been teaching generations to think for 90 years.
