The Tunisia Chinese School, affiliated with the China-Tunisia Cultural and Economic Association, has received support from the Chinese Embassy in Tunisia, Confucius Institutes, the Tunisian Ministry of Education, and municipal governments in 4 cities, including Tunis and Sousse.
The school provides a Chinese learning and cultural exchange platform for local Chinese, French, and indigenous families. It offers core Chinese language courses and extracurricular programs in traditional Chinese arts. The school will also organize signature events such as cultural showcases, study tours within China and abroad, and summer camps. By connecting with domestic and international Chinese teaching resources, the school has partnered with Longzhimen Education and Beijing No. 4 High School Online to launch dual-teacher classrooms, enabling synchronized online and offline instruction. In the future, it plans to collaborate with multiple universities, primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, and children's activity centers in the region.
The Tunisia Chinese School is the seventh branch of the French Little Panda School. The inaugural principal is Luo Jian, who also serves as the President of the French Little Panda School and Chairperson of the World Youth Chinese School Principals Association. Prior to this expansion across the Mediterranean to Tunisia, the French Little Panda School had already established branches in 6 cities in France. This strategic move aims to leverage our proven educational experience to drive the school's steady development toward standardization, formalization, professionalism, digitalization, and diversification.
As a key node of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, Tunisia (ancient Carthage) has long served as a vital trade hub connecting Asia, Africa, and Europe. The establishment of Chinese education here continues this historic tradition of humanistic exchange along the ancient trade route.
"We aim to use Chinese as a bridge to spread the seeds of Chinese culture, helping overseas Chinese children in Tunisia preserve their cultural roots while providing more Tunisian children who love Chinese culture with opportunities to learn Chinese and enabling Tunisian friends to better understand China," said Luo Jian. "We look forward to overseas Chinese language educators worldwide joining hands across mountains and seas to serve as ambassadors of mutual learning between civilizations, so that the flower of Chinese language education can bloom everywhere."