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00:01:50Hello to all of you who are watching us around the world and welcome to
00:01:53this magazine. As the 2026
00:01:57school year approaches, 7, schools are preparing to
00:02:00welcome their students and everywhere
00:02:03arrangements are being made so that this event takes
00:02:06place in the best conditions. This is the case
00:02:10here at the American school of Plateau des 15 ans. We will talk
00:02:13with Mr. Lekibi. He is the cultural and
00:02:17we ask for is their human resources coordinator of the American school of Plateau
00:02:21des 15 ans. Hello sir, hello madam, how do you
00:02:24feel this morning? Oh, I feel very well, madam. You feel very well, at
00:02:27ease, in any case. Okay, hello Saintiane.
00:02:30Hello, and I also greet our teammate
00:02:34Chimène, and in any case, please come back soon.
00:02:38Viewers are looking forward to seeing you again. So dear
00:02:41viewers, this issue is starting now, and I turn to
00:02:44Mr. Julydi. He is the cultural
00:02:48and human resources coordinator
00:02:51medicine to bring down their fever of the American school of Plateau des 15 ans. So Mr. Coordinator, at your
00:02:55institution, what has already been done and what remains to be done
00:02:59to beautifully receive your students on the day of the
00:03:02back-to-school season?
00:03:05class. You take them Thank you very much, madam, for your question. And allow me
00:03:08before answering your
00:03:10dedicated 2 question to thank
00:03:14you, and on behalf of Mr. and Mrs., the promoters,
00:03:17Mr. Elonga, and all my
00:03:19colleagues here, I welcome you and thank you for giving
00:03:24the context of my answer because I was talking about us this opportunity on your
00:03:27prestigious platform to discuss with you
00:03:30issues related to the existence of this American school of Plateau des 15 ans and, of course, its
00:03:34operation. Ah, you asked what we have already done
00:03:38for the launch of the school year,
00:03:40and I will tell you right away that since August 5, 2006, we have
00:03:44launched a big campaign for registrations and re-registrations at the American
00:03:47school of Plateau des 15 ans. And we also
00:03:51launched on September 1st
00:03:55the start of the school year at the French high school at the American
00:03:58school of Plateau des 15 ans, but shortly
00:04:01before the launch of this school year, we worked with the teachers who teach at the
00:04:05French high school. We received the distribution,
00:04:09in order to check if the lessons they will give to the children are in line
00:04:12with the curriculum, and you know that the French high school
00:04:16prepares our students to face the French
00:04:19classes start from 7:30 a.m. to baccalaureate. In the first year, the first part of the French baccalaureate,
00:04:22in the first year and the last part in the final year, and
00:04:25as soon as we finished with the teachers and we
00:04:29validated the distributions and we launched in September
00:04:332026, the
00:04:36children. I can even go start of the school year at the French high school was launched in two phases. We waited for the
00:04:39proclamation of the results of the first cycle, and after this
00:04:43proclamation, we also launched the
00:04:46students of Congo, and many other start of the school year at the second
00:04:48authorities. And why grade level at the French high school. So we... union has
00:04:50worked for the launch of the general back-to-school period which
00:04:53concerns all institutions of the Republic of Congo. This back-to-school period, which is
00:04:57scheduled for October 1st
00:04:59that for the oral French baccalaureate next, we are working and already I announce to you that... on September
00:05:0222nd we will receive here the teachers
00:05:06of the Congolese college and high school who intervene
00:05:09to check uh, the
00:05:13repetitions they have proposed for the lessons they will
00:05:17give to our children here at the American school of Plateau des 15
00:05:20ans. Okay, last year the harvest was
00:05:23very favorable at the American school of Plateau des 15 ans. We
00:05:27understood during the awards ceremony that you
00:05:31organized. So tell us a little about the
00:05:34results of the various state exams in 2026,
00:05:38meaning the success rates for OCF,
00:05:41BPC, and Baccalaureate. Thank you very much for this question,
00:05:44madam. This question gives me the
00:05:48opportunity to take a retrospective look at
00:05:51this school. It was created in
00:05:542019, and if we try to do the
00:05:57math, you will realize with me that this school has
00:06:01existed for 7 years, and in its
00:06:03first year of existence, we first started presenting candidates for the
00:06:07CEP and then gradually our children whom we
00:06:09ourselves trained evolved. We received them in 3rd grade,
00:06:13we presented them as candidates for the BPC and then it's the
00:06:17same students we received in final year and whom we
00:06:21presented as candidates for the Congolese and French baccalaureate. So I can
00:06:24assure you regarding your questions, the success rate for
00:06:28state exams concerning the school of Plateau des 15 ans is very encouraging and even very
00:06:31satisfying. Hmm hmm, and if you want, we can already
00:06:34discuss it. I must tell you
00:06:38that if we talk about the CEP,
00:06:41since the school was created, we only achieve 100%. That's it.
00:06:45There has never been any failure at the CEP, to the great satisfaction
00:06:48of the parents of students who are the primary partners of this school. Then we
00:06:51go to the BPC. Since the school was created seven years
00:06:55ago, we have presented the first candidates for the BPC, and until today
00:06:58we have not recorded any failures. So we always achieve 100%.
00:07:02Then we go to the baccalaureate. That's how we present candidates for the baccalaureate. We started
00:07:06first with the baccalaureate uh, series A4.
00:07:10Okay, and there too, uh, we achieved good results
00:07:13with a percentage of 87% for 3
00:07:17years every year. And then concerning the French baccalaureate,
00:07:21uh, yes, uh, our students have
00:07:24satisfied the requirements, meaning it's very encouraging and it creates motivation.
00:07:28Mr. Lekibi, uh, you are a cultural advisor
00:07:32here at the American school. We heard
00:07:35you say that this school has existed for 7 years.
00:07:38So tell us a little about the learning methods
00:07:41here at the American school. Thank you
00:07:44very much. Your question is very pertinent. Uh, I
00:07:47would say that at the American school of Plateau des 15 ans,
00:07:50uh, we rely
00:07:54on active, interactive, and bilingual pedagogy.
00:07:57This means pedagogy that is based on two languages,
00:08:01namely French and English. I will first focus on
00:08:03English. Here at the
00:08:05American school of Plateau des 15 ans, English is not just a
00:08:09subject, but it is also a living
00:08:12language, okay? Because
00:08:16we have designed and developed a
00:08:20program. We have
00:08:23days a week, namely Tuesday and Thursday, the
00:08:26days we call English Day.
00:08:30These are days during which our children here at the American school only speak
00:08:34English, okay? In the context of training, so exchanges between
00:08:37students are in English, and under the supervision
00:08:40of the leaders that we are. Outside of English Days, we
00:08:43have an English Club where the children are
00:08:47in classrooms with teachers. There is a dialogue
00:08:50started and engaged by the teachers with the children in
00:08:54English. That's a little bit how we approach the training of our
00:08:58children in the context of the English language. We emphasize English and
00:09:01French, and we have therefore excellent learning methods. Children learn
00:09:05English well. I spoke of English Day and English Club. These are
00:09:08methods that we use here to teach English well to our children, but
00:09:12in addition to that, we combine the lessons given in class by
00:09:16teachers and school activities.
00:09:20What school activities allow our children to be
00:09:24equipped and to prepare well for the oral French
00:09:28baccalaureate exams? What does that mean? Here at the American school,
00:09:31we initiate seminars and conferences
00:09:34with topics as varied as scientific, such as democracy, human rights,
00:09:38women's rights, solidarity,
00:09:41mutual aid, and the fight against discrimination,
00:09:45and we propose these topics to our children who discuss them and
00:09:48present them publicly here where we are, in the presence of the
00:09:52press, civil society, the parent-teacher association, the association of parents
00:09:56of students and
00:10:00do we allow our students to lead the discussions? It's to give them
00:10:04the chance to be well prepared for the oral French baccalaureate
00:10:08exam, and... and you know
00:10:11exam, oral expression plays a big role. And we have tried
00:10:14this experience and it works well in the context of civic and moral education. Our
00:10:18children always get 20 out of 20 for the French exam because they behave
00:10:22well because they lead conferences, and that's it.
00:10:25So that's the experience I wanted to
00:10:28share with you. And how many cycles are there
00:10:32here? And what at the American school of Plateau des 15 ans,
00:10:36there are two main cycles, and the first main cycle
00:10:40is the preschool and primary cycle. In preschool, we
00:10:43have three classes: P1, P2, and P3, and in primary
00:10:47school, it naturally starts from CP to
00:10:51C2, and we have the second main cycle, which is the
00:10:54secondary cycle. It is made up of the college and the
00:10:58high school. I just spoke to you about the French high school, and I
00:11:01will speak to you about the Congolese cycle. The Congolese cycle, I would
00:11:04say, is based on teachings related to the INERAD
00:11:08program, okay? This is how we
00:11:12work, and we present our candidates for the BPC, CEP, and
00:11:15baccalaureate series A4. This year,
00:11:19under the supervision of the promoter couple, we
00:11:22will open here
00:11:25the scientific series first CD and final CD, to
00:11:28allow our children who want to progress in the scientific series
00:11:32to face the baccalaureate C. And very well. That's all we're going to do this
00:11:34year. What are the achievements already
00:11:38made since the creation of this shelter?
00:11:42Yes, speaking of achievements, I would say that the
00:11:46achievements are our very high baccalaureate success rates.
00:11:49These are truly achievements, and
00:11:53this creates satisfaction among parents of students, because
00:11:56no parent would agree to entrust their
00:11:58child to a school where the success rate is low.
00:12:02You see, when you arrived, you saw the banners at the entrance
00:12:05displayed there, and we hide nothing, and we
00:12:09present all the percentages achieved by
00:12:13the school of 15 years. Okay, so these are
00:12:16achievements. For 7 years, we have only made achievements at the
00:12:19school. Is there a health care system,
00:12:22meaning can a student feel
00:12:25unwell in class? Will the school wait for
00:12:29their parents to arrive to make them available to
00:12:33their parents, or does the school take charge and then call
00:12:35the student's parents? At the registration secretariat, as soon
00:12:39as we receive the parents, the first thing
00:12:42medical history. You know that not all children have
00:12:46uh, allow me to say so, the same state of health. Okay.
00:12:50And so we need to know the child's state of health first, and
00:12:53then enrollment. So, as soon as that is
00:12:57known, as soon as the child is
00:13:00sick or has a fever, the first thing we do is
00:13:04inform the parents. The first
00:13:08information is that the parent must be informed, and there is quick
00:13:11care at the secretariat, where they give the child
00:13:16before the parent arrives. We treat them well
00:13:19in the infirmary, and then the parents arrive to pick
00:13:22up the child and take them to the hospital. That's all we
00:13:26do, but right from the start of registrations, we take all
00:13:29precautions to understand their medical history.
00:13:32Very good. Uh, 7 years
00:13:36of existence for the American school of Plateau des 15 ans.
00:13:39So tell us a little about that. We are referring to the principles of this school.
00:13:43What makes your students disciplined? How do you do it? How do you
00:13:47manage to educate these children? Because earlier you said
00:13:51that our children are well supervised, they are well disciplined. So
00:13:55what are the values of this school? Well, it's... a very important question,
00:13:59madam, thank you for asking it. And I would say
00:14:03in response to you that the values of the American school of
00:14:06Plateau des 15 ans lie in three
00:14:10words. These three words define the American
00:14:14school of Plateau des 15 ans. These are work,
00:14:17rigor, and of course excellence. First,
00:14:21I will focus on work and rigor. We are, in any
00:14:25case, working hard here at the American school of Enzo to
00:14:28achieve good results, and we make our students work very hard,
00:14:31and we are very rigorous
00:14:34in terms of the application of the
00:14:37timetables that we develop ourselves. To convince you,
00:14:41at our American school of Plateau des 15 ans,
00:14:445 p.m. for high school and 3rd grade,
00:14:48and for preschool, primary, and middle school, classes start from 160 to
00:14:521 p.m. So you will agree with me
00:14:55and you yourself realize how we dedicate a large part of
00:14:58our time to the training of
00:15:01very, very far by telling you that the American school of Plateau des 15 ans is a training
00:15:05academy. Wow... At the beginning, parents are sometimes
00:15:09worried to see that their children will finish at 5 p.m., but in the
00:15:12end, they end up agreeing with us because the children succeed. So
00:15:15what happens? When the child is here at school at 7 a.m.,
00:15:19they finish at 5 p.m., right? At 5 p.m., parents come to pick up the
00:15:23children. That means that from 5 p.m. onwards, the child has no other
00:15:27occupation than to go home and be available to their parents at home. They have their
00:15:30dinner and they rest, certainly they revise, and when they
00:15:33wake up, they come back here to school. You see? So... we don't
00:15:37give children free time because the slightest free time
00:15:41given can cause distraction, and everything starts at the American
00:15:44school of Plateau des 15 ans, and we ensure that. You see,
00:15:48this is difficult at some point, but it pays off in the
00:15:51end because we have very encouraging and satisfying
00:15:55success rates of 100%. Mr. Equivalent, a little about
00:15:58the habits of the preschool
00:16:02students, how is the catering handled?
00:16:06Do you have a canteen here, a school canteen? How
00:16:10does it work here? I can assure you that everything
00:16:13goes well in the canteen. When we receive parents, we ask
00:16:16them what the children like to eat, because not
00:16:20all children eat what others eat, and so we have a very
00:16:23professional kitchen, a very professional
00:16:26cook in charge of the children, and she knows what
00:16:29child doesn't eat this and what child does. You see, the
00:16:32diet varies depending on the child, and...
00:16:36and we are well aware of this. Mr. Kibi, here at
00:16:39the American school of Plateau des 15 ans, the results are
00:16:43always outstanding, is that right? Now, how does the school reward
00:16:46the best students of the year? We were with you
00:16:50on July 4th at the Parliament palace where
00:16:54you attended the school emulation day. At the end of that
00:16:57day, the promoter couple, Mr. and Mrs. Malunga,
00:17:00uh, you know,
00:17:04made computers available to our deserving students.
00:17:08Okay, well, it's true that during that day, we can't call everyone
00:17:11to give them computers, but samples were
00:17:15taken. When I'm there, Mr. and Mrs.,
00:17:20children have deserved them to give them the computers. This is already a
00:17:24point. Hmm hmm. But how do we do it? How do we work?
00:17:28You know, uh, these children were born here.
00:17:31We have very professional teachers, very
00:17:35professional, allow me, uh, these
00:17:37and we here we have a system for monitoring
00:17:41children. Uh, we have individualized
00:17:45monitoring, meaning when it's individualized,
00:17:48uh, not all children have the same capacity for
00:17:52apprehension or comprehension. And when we
00:17:55notice that a child has difficulties in such and such a subject, we take
00:17:59them aside and we try to analyze their weaknesses, and in
00:18:02light of these analyses, a teacher is assigned
00:18:05to the child. We call them
00:18:08a tutor. They must follow them for that subject. Excuse me, when you
00:18:12assign the tutor, is it at the
00:18:15school's expense or the parent's? No, no, it's at the school's expense.
00:18:18No parent will come here to say that the school asked for so much money.
00:18:21First, the parents of students are the school's prime, they are the ones
00:18:24who contribute to the evolution of this school. What they
00:18:28already pay, they pay for the children's tuition, and here it is the vision of the
00:18:31promoter Mr. and Mrs. Madoua who give the instructions. I think that from there they
00:18:35say that no, well, if there are those who have difficulties, you try
00:18:37to supervise them in a particular way, okay, but not in the
00:18:43back and you try to follow up. We do mentoring and tutoring,
00:18:46but it works. I tried this experience in accordance with the
00:18:50instructions of Mr. and Mrs. Mala with my
00:18:53discipline. I noticed that the children
00:18:57uh, some children
00:19:00were not doing well in the subject because they needed to be prepared for
00:19:04the oral exam. What did I
00:19:08do? I took the children, I worked with them, I asked for the parents'
00:19:11permission, we even worked on WhatsApp, you see? I asked the children to present on
00:19:15WhatsApp, and I listened to them. The parents were at home at 8 p.m. I was
00:19:18listening to the child and I corrected, and I tell you that it paid off. These are our
00:19:22methods, it paid off, and the children
00:19:24did very well. I mean, they got 20 out of 20.
00:19:28That's very reassuring, Mr. Lekibi. We are going to take our leave
00:19:31to talk to two students from this institution, and we will
00:19:35come back to you. Thank you, madam.
00:19:38Well, dear viewers, here we are now with these two students
00:19:42from this school, the American school
00:19:45of Plateau des 15 ans. To my left, Esongo
00:19:49Grace, and to my right, Moa, Paul Honor. You are
00:19:53a student in class... I am a student in the final year class.
00:19:56Moa, Paul, what is your assessment of this school?
00:20:00Thank you very much. The American school of Plateau des 15 ans,
00:20:03I find it to be a truly special school. It's a mythical
00:20:07place where we learn and we
00:20:08regularly share with the
00:20:14learn in very good conditions here at the American
00:20:18school of Plateau des 15 ans. Uh, since what year have
00:20:21you been in this institution? I have been a student here since September
00:20:252024. So I joined this school when I was in
00:20:28second grade. Ah, okay. And
00:20:31uh, for you, uh, it's been 5 years that I've been in this
00:20:35school. What class are you in? In the final year. And your assessment of
00:20:38the school? My assessment of the school, the American school is a
00:20:42school that provides us with comfort and... several
00:20:46materials that allow us to learn well. Okay, what message
00:20:49would you like to give to the promoter couple? Well, my message
00:20:52to the promoter couple is first of all to thank them for this
00:20:56innovative initiative of offering Congolese students such
00:20:59a wonderful environment, and I also thank them for all the
00:21:02quality education that we receive, and I wish them
00:21:05longevity so that they continue on this beautiful path for the Congolese
00:21:09people. And you, to the promoter couple? I also want to
00:21:13thank them for everything they do for us, and especially in
00:21:16the first grade, they were there with me throughout
00:21:20my journey when I had difficulties that allowed me to gain confidence and
00:21:24everything. I want to thank them enormously for everything they do for
00:21:27us. Thank you, you have to go
00:21:31to school. Mr. Lekibi, we just
00:21:35spoke with the students. We notice
00:21:39that here at the American school, the courses are impeccable.
00:21:42And the children assimilate the lessons well, and we demonstrated that during our
00:21:45exchange. In any case, congratulations to the promoter and congratulations to
00:21:49Mr. Lekibi, cultural coordinator.
00:21:52Thank you very much, madam, that's very kind of you. Thank you. And Mr. Lekibi, we'll
00:21:56see you.
00:22:00confiance et tout, je tiens à les remercier énormément pour tout ce qu'ils font pour
00:22:04nous, merci, il faut aller à
00:22:07l'école,
00:22:11monsieur lekibi, nous venons d'échanger avec les
00:22:14élèves, nous constatons qu'ici à l'école américaine les
00:22:18tours sont impeccables.
00:22:20et les enfants assimilent bien les cours et nous lessons démontré lors de notre
00:22:24échange en tout cas félicitations au promoteur et félicitations à
00:22:27monsieur le kibi coordinateur culturel,
00:22:31merci beaucoup madame, c'est très gentil de votre part, merci et monsieur lekibi, on se
00:22:35still remember in the past, in any case, at the end of each school
00:22:38year, Mr. Malonga is sent the best of
00:22:42the best to the United States for vacations, 3 months of
00:22:45vacation, it was still good and then uh and for the parents
00:22:49and for... these students because we had witnessed the departure and return of
00:22:53these students, so uh uh for a while it's not happening, we
00:22:56know the reasons, we are trying to wait if the American
00:23:00administration can relax these measures, you will see that our
00:23:03students who will have back even this year will go to study in the United States, in
00:23:07the past when there were no such measures yet, our children went to the
00:23:11United States, spent 3 months vacation, these are measures
00:23:15that encourage, I wanted to say something very important, Madam uh Mr.
00:23:18and Mrs. Malonga. have not given up, they continue to
00:23:22work so that our children who will satisfy going to the United States
00:23:25to study in major universities that have agreements with the foundation
00:23:29"Génération Espoir du Pays" uh Mr. Kibi, apart from this
00:23:33site for us men, do you have another
00:23:36site? The international school "Espoir du Pays de Pissa", there is the international
00:23:40school "Espoir du Pays de Pointe Noire". Wow, the visionaries Mr. and
00:23:44Mrs. Malonga are building a school of excellence in
00:23:47Kintéli, which school will open its doors very
00:23:51soon and you will be invited uh Mr.
00:23:54cultural coordinator anyway
00:23:57uh uh you are doing well
00:24:01and here we see notebooks bags, why is it for
00:24:04whom is it for whom all this, thank you very much, thank you very much and
00:24:08you remind me of a question that I have not finished in
00:24:14the motto of the school "work, rigor, excellence" and I will
00:24:17now focus on excellence hm uh we take excellence at the school of
00:24:21the 15-year plateau and every year we always try to give the
00:24:24best of ourselves to satisfy the parents and students but
00:24:28this year uh Mr. and Mrs. Alonga thought
00:24:32of making available to the students very special
00:24:35material and you have on this table uh
00:24:39a sample of material hm hm you have the
00:24:41pens, you have here the pens stamped "American school" you
00:24:45get a 15-year plateau, I'll share some pens with you please, so it's well stamped
00:24:49school
00:24:59that are made in the United States but I already know
00:25:02how to describe, I already know how to
00:25:05huh, already okay it works very well, in any case, they are of very good
00:25:08quality okay, so these pens are made available to the students, we
00:25:12have here the bags, I
00:25:15could only take three types of bags, these bags are
00:25:18stamped "American school" of the 15-year plateau hm hm and this
00:25:22is for uh uh the college
00:25:25ok here you have the bag that will be used for by the students
00:25:29of pre-school yes and further over there you have a
00:25:33bag that is used by high school students
00:25:36there you go. So we also have the
00:25:40notebook here, the notebook here, the American school
00:25:43is stamped "American school of the 15-year plateau"
00:25:47on the front and back the national anthem
00:25:51to allow children to be
00:25:53always
00:25:55facilitated here and then we have here ah I must
00:25:59insist on this material it is among the... elements uh
00:26:03that announce the vision of Mr. and Mrs. Maloka this
00:26:07year, the computers that you see brand
00:26:10new came from the United States, a batch of
00:26:13250 computers here and which will be
00:26:17made available to students and teachers, hm hm, I am sure that
00:26:20you will ask me the question how with the teachers then the students
00:26:24so registration, it is the
00:26:27material that will be used, we will digitize the teachings this
00:26:30year, that is among the innovations. hm hm, we will digitize the
00:26:34teachings, what does it mean to digitize the teachings, these
00:26:37computers that the students will receive will be connected to the
00:26:41digital board that will soon be installed here at the American school of the 15th plateau, that means that if
00:26:44I am a teacher I understand and
00:26:48we place ourselves, we interact regularly with
00:26:51the parents even through the various seminars
00:26:54and conferences that we organize here, they come and give their
00:26:58opinion, ok Mr. coordinator, thank you very much
00:27:01uh a word to the students and parents of students before finishing, I take this opportunity to
00:27:05launch an appeal to: