How important are the public European schools for the Luxembourg education landscape?

These schools, as well as those offering the International Baccalaureate and Cambridge degrees, are an integral part of the public school system. With the rapid evolution of enrolments, they respond to a real demand from our school population. With different schools for different pupils, our ambition is to respond to these very diverse profiles of all children and to improve their chances for success.

What can the local system learn from the European schools?

Thanks to the public European schools, our school system has gained a solid experience with French and English literacy, alongside our traditional schools, in which children learn to read and write in German. This enables us to explore further possibilities for adapting and diversifying our school offer for the benefit of all pupils.

Are any more alternative education offers under development?

Yes, a pilot project for French literacy will be launched at the beginning of school year 2022-2023 in four communal schools, which were selected based on the heterogeneous composition of their pupils. The aim is to better accommodate the country’s cultural, linguistic and social diversity within the traditional system.

This article was originally published in Delano’s October 2022 edition.