CASNAV stands for “Centre Académique pour la Scolarisation des Enfants Allophones Nouvellement Arrivés et des enfants issus de familles itinérantes et de voyageurs.”
It is a service of the French National Education system dedicated to supporting the schooling of students who do not speak French as their first language.
CASNAV operates within each academic region in France.
The role of CASNAV is to support the schooling of allophone students.
Its missions are:
CASNAV helps ensure that each student receives appropriate support.
Allophone students are students whose first language is not French.
They may have recently arrived in France and must learn French in order to follow lessons.
These students may encounter difficulties in understanding, speaking, reading and writing in French.
When a student arrives in France, an assessment is carried out.
This assessment allows to determine:
The objective is to offer suitable support.
UPE2A (“Unité Pédagogique pour Élèves Allophones Arrivants”) is a specific class for allophone students.
In these classes, students:
Learning French is essential to succeed at school.
CASNAV supports students in the acquisition of:
Students can also benefit from additional tools such as interactive French learning platforms to practice outside school.
CASNAV allows:
It plays an essential role in the schooling of newly arrived students.
CASNAV is an important service of the French education system.
It helps allophone students integrate and succeed at school.
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