For the third year, the British Council supported the video contest "En Duo", which highights collaborations between language assistants and teachers, organised by France Education international. This edition of the contest celebrated the 120 years of the language assistant programme. Participants were invited to include, in a creative and personnal way, a celebration of this anniversary in their videos. Ms Lisa Settari, president of the Association internationale des assistants de langue (AILE) presided the jury.
Congratulations to the first prize winners, the duo between Mme Yvonne ATIENO, English language teaching assistant in La Réunion, and Mme Maeva LENCLUME, teacher at primary school Bouvet in St-Denis. Watch their video here and read their biographies here. The British Council attended the award ceremony on 27 March 2026 and gifted the winning duo a selection of books in English. More information about the programme and the other winners can be found here.