Do Erasmus with Paris ICT

Explore our CAP AEPE options and spend your Erasmus year in Paris.

Don’t forget, you can get extra Erasmus funding through your university/careers department!

CAP AEPE

Accompagnant Educatif Petite Enfance

Paris Institute of Childcare Training offers a comprehensive preparation for the national examinations for the Certificat d’Aptitude Professionnelle – Accompagnant Éducatif Petite Enfance (formerly CAP Petite Enfance), with a paid apprenticeship program running throughout the academic year (see route-specific dates below).

To facilitate participation, Paris ICT provides classes in both French and English, particularly aimed at English speakers learning French for the national exams of the CAP AEPE. It is also possible to take the course exclusively in French.

The CAP AEPE, a level 3 diploma issued by the French Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, offers significant career opportunities. For more information on this diploma, please consult the CAP AEPE page on the Répertoire national des certifications professionnelles website.

One qualification, two routes…

For those wishing to join our CAP course in the context of an apprenticeship contract (work and study), the Paris Institute of Childcare Training offers two possible routes to attaining the CAP AEPE qualification, depending on your professional interests and preferred rhythm.

Individual Context

At-home childcare

With the option Auxiliaire Parental, students will benefit from a childcare experience with children aged 0 to 6, as well as an apprenticeship or professionalization contract with no registration fees. They are remunerated through an employment contract throughout the training period by a specialized childcare agency (the employer).

Duration: 600 hours over 10 months, from September to June, each year

Training hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Work-study program : Alternation with family work via a partner childcare company, with after-school and Wednesday childcare for children aged 0 to 6

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Collective Context

Daycare / Preschool

With the option Auxiliaire Crèche/Ecole Maternelle, Students will benefit from a childcare experience with children aged 0 to 6, as well as an apprenticeship or professionalization contract with no registration fees. They are remunerated through an employment contract throughout the training period by a pre-school or a daycare (the employer).

Duration: 450 hours over 12 months, from August to August each year

Training hours: Wednesdays from 9am to 5 pm (+ weekly additional e-learning)

Work-study program : Alternation working with children in a collective setting – either in a pre-school (école maternelle) years or a daycare (crèche)