At the end of the 1960s, French people working in Uganda felt the need for their children to begin or continue their education in a French-speaking setting. They combined their efforts to create a school that provides French education for both their children and those of French-speaking families living in the country.

This is the starting point of the story, both short and already rich in Kampala, of the French School Les Grands Lacs.

At the time, the Little French School, as it was called, should not accommodate more than fifteen students. On January 28, 1973, the small French school was transferred to premises located at 18 Lumumba Avenue, that is to say to the place occupied today by the French Embassy!

5 years later, the workforce has more than tripled! 47 students are welcomed there, mainly children of French-speaking African nationals. But the proportion of Ugandan students continues to increase.

The French school is today the concrete face given to the friendship between France and Uganda for 50 years!