Escola Portuguesa de Moçambique - Centro de Ensino e Língua Portuguesa (EPM-CELP) is a Portuguese international school in Maputo, Mozambique."Contacto." Escola Portuguesa de Moçambique. Retrieved on October 26, 2015. "Av. para o Palmar, nº562 Caixa Postal 2490 Maputo Moçambique" The school is operated by the Portuguese Ministry of Education and serves from Pre-school up to Grade 12."Pessoal Docente (2015/2016) ." Escola Portuguesa de Moçambique. Retrieved on 27 October 2015."PAUTAS | Mais classificações de alunos serão afixadas amanhã (22 de Junho) ." Escola Portuguesa de Moçambique. 21 June 2010. Retrieved on 27 October 2015.
It opened for the 1999–2000 school year,"A EPM-CELP é uma valência educativa na cooperação Portugal-Moçambique " (Archive). Escola Portuguesa de Moçambique. 12 July 2008. Retrieved on October 27, 2015. and was created from the Decree-Law No. 241/99 of 25 June promoting Cooperation between the Portuguese Republic and the Republic of Mozambique. This was modified by Decree-Law n.º 47/2009 of 23 February."ESCOLAS COM CURRÍCULO PORTUGUÊS EM MOÇAMBIQUE" (Archive). Direção de Serviços de Ensino e Escolas Portuguesas no Estrangeiro (DSEEPE) of the Portuguese Education Ministry. Retrieved on October 26, 2015.
The school's symbol is of a tree within green and red portico. The tree roots represent the school's educational philosophy and are a reference to some verses from works of Luís de Camões.
In the future, the EPM will be the regulatory academy for the Mozambican dialects of the Portuguese language.
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Decreto-Lei n.º47/2009 (Archive). Diário da República, 1.ª série — N.º 37 — 23 de Fevereiro de 2009. p. 1248-1255.