EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT 76 JUNE 2025 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL between posts for students staying in the French system. Cons: If the parents don’t have French-language skills, it can create a disconnect when assisting with schoolwork or volunteering at the school. Similarly, the “playground language” may principally be the host country’s local language or French, which can be a challenge for early learners. Overseas, French schools are not normally the “post-supported” school (they may be a “post-assisted” school). It is important to understand the difference. Because post’s management section, Regional Security Officer, and Community Liasion Officer may have more mandatory duties related to the supported school (such as financial support and safety oversight), non-supported schools may naturally have less direct interaction with post. And that may require more parental communication and advocacy on issues that crop up at a post-assisted French school than at a post-supported school. If you plan to transfer out of the French system or move to a post without a French school, you may need to translate and gain equivalency scores for prior coursework. n There are 580 French schools worldwide with almost 392,000 students, 65 percent of whom are not French citizens, in 139 countries.
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