Les Cocotiers - Bilingual Nursery & Primary School

ree grades: Petite Section, Moyenne Section and Grande Section. The Primary school has six grades: Sil, Cours Préparatoire, Cours Elémentaire 1 and 2, Cours Moyen 1 and 2. English Section
The Nursery school comprises three grades: Pre-Nursery, Nursery 1 and Nursery 2. The Primary school encompasses six grades, ranging from Class 1 to Class 6. Location
The school campus is located in Nkoulou - Carrière, via Nkol’anga, Nkol’afamba Sub-Division, on the Yaounde – Mfou road. The exact location of the school campus is commonly known as ‘Cocotiers’. Geospatial Coordinates
Longitude 3o 48’ 16.38’’ North and Latitude 11o 33’37.85’’ East

Three (3) km away from Carrefour Awae Escaliers; 1,2 km on the right from the Mfou tar road; and 200 m on the left from Carrefour Carrière, ‘Les Cocotiers’ school, established on over 2000 sqm of plot, is nestled in the heart of Nkoulou, a booming suburb of Yaounde. The area, which is becoming an important neighborhood, is growing at a breakneck speed and drains a new and young population, estimated on a radius of 1 km at about 8,500 souls in 2013. Teachings
Lessons are lively and of high quality, in conformity with the Cameroonian official curriculum and pedagogy, but they also integrate educational resources on an international scale. Christian values are a central tool for human transformation of each child. Our teachers are qualified, experienced, motivated and committed women and men of proven character, working in an ideal setting and in harmony with the school management. The purpose of education is to make the child excellent through hard work and discipline. Awards
The most deserving children, who were conspicuous by their work and behavior throughout the school year, received at the end of the year, during a popular ceremony, various awards ranging from rolls of honor to scholarships. Resources
Educational resources are a clever alloy of information technology, hard copy and electronic documentation, physical and virtual teaching materials.

• Computer room with high-speed Internet
o High Definition Computers
o Children friendly teaching software
o Familiarity from childhood with information technology

• Video projection of lessons
o Live images projected to children
o Examples that promote assimilation
o Teaching methods and techniques of international standards

Admission
The selection is done on a rigorous and non-exclusion basis. It meets the strict correspondence between the candidates’ abilities and the solicited grade. During vacations, students in need are upgraded, prior to testing/admission assessments. Facilities
Beyond the normal facilities for the smooth functioning of the school, 'Les Cocotiers' has transportation facility for children to shorten distances and ensure punctuality at school. Partnerships
Partnerships in course of development internationally are twofold: intellectual support and logistic support. Intellectual support is through exchange visits between students, teachers, and school staff with their counterparts elsewhere, in a win-win South-South and North-South relations. Logistic support accompanies the intellectual support through the provision of educational tools at the forefront of technology and training in their use for better educational transformation of the child. Partnerships in development
• South-South: Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso
• South-North: Cameroon, United States of America (USA), Canada, Australia, Europe

Partnerships at the local level are booming, and materialize in relations with administrative and traditional authorities, the institutions of the republic, private sector, international institutions, non-governmental organizations and associations. Local partners are involved in health coverage, school insurance, academic support, and post-school activities, and awards to the most deserving students. The school Patron Saint is Saint John the Baptist.