NEW DELHI: French President, Emmanuel Macron, has announced the launch of Classes Internationales for Indian students to learn French.This is an immediate outcome of President Macron’s recently concluded visit to India wherein Indian students wishing to study in France could opt for a special French Language programme for a year before pursuing a degree course. This course will be available from fall this year (September 2024).“We want to welcome 30,000 Indian students to France by 2030” and added that, if this goal is met, “I would be the happiest President”.The joint statement issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Macron shows that the two leaders have agreed to support the initiative of setting up international classes which will be available from September this year.”Indian students through this programme can be taught French as a foreign language, methodology and academic contents in highly reputed French universities in France during one academic year, before entering their chosen curricula in France,’’ according to the French Embassy in Delhi.
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