[1] The school, with a capacity of 400 students,[2] serves nursery (maternelle) to upper secondary (lycée) levels.
The school was closed from 1994 to 1998 due to deteriorated relations between the governments of France and Rwanda following the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
[7] In 2006, after France and Rwanda severed diplomatic relations, the Rwandan authorities forced the school to close.
Students travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Nairobi, Kenya to take A-level examinations.
[10] The Alumni of the school was created in 2020 and aims to support former students and future bachelors in their quest to meet higher professional fulfilment.