Ambassador of France, H.E. Claire Le Fleischer held a celebration at her residence last week to mark ‘International French Teachers Day’. In a speech delivered on the occasion the ambassador pointed out that French was taught in Kuwait since the beginning of 1966, and that it is the third most taught language in Kuwait.
Praising the bilateral bonds between the two countries, Ambassador Le Fleuscher noted that an estimated 1,000 French teachers are currently teaching in Kuwait, and that around 30,000 students enroll in French language courses every year, including 10,000 students who study French at the baccalaureate level.
The ambassador also revealed that the French Embassy, represented by the French Institute in Kuwait, in partnership with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research, Gulf University and the French Institute in Paris, will organize a regional training course in French for foreign teachers next February. This course will bring together about 70 participants from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait.
She stated that French ranks fifth in terms of the most spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish and Arabic. More than 235 million people speak French daily, and nearly 300 million people are able to express themselves in French.
In conclusion, she thanked all the French language teachers in Kuwait, whose mission is to transfer and create content that contributes to the openness of future generations to learn French culture and language.
The event ended with a choir from Fahaheel National Indian School students singing a group of songs in French, and French DELF certificates for the years 2021 and 2022 being awarded to the students of the French Institute.
