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The '''National Diploma''' <ref>Brevet des collèges''' or '''Diplôme National du Brevet'''</ref> ([[French language|French]]: ''Le Diplôme National du Brevet des Collèges'') is a diploma given to French pupils at the end of 3<sup>e</sup> [[Ninth grade|(year 10 / ninth grade)]],<ref>[[:fr:Classe de troisième française|Troisième]]</ref> This diploma is awarded to students who are or were within [[French people|French]] cultural influence, including France itself, [[Morocco]], [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]] and [[Algeria]], the first two were under French Mandate after World War I whilst the last was a French territory from 1830 until its independence in 1962.<ref>Guerre d'Algérie</ref> Pupils outside of France who study in French schools belonging to the [[AEFE|Agency for French Teaching Abroad]] network also sit this exam.
To be awarded a diploma, pupils must acquire the seven key competencies of the "Common Core of Knowledge and Skills"<ref>[http://media.eduscol.education.fr/file/dossiers/50/3/enseignement_scolaire_VA_135503.pdf School Education in France], p. 7</ref> and score a minimum of 400 points (out of 800).<ref>[https://www.education.gouv.fr/diplome-national-du-brevet-2021-323735 Diplôme national du brevet 2021]</ref> These points are awarded via tests in each subject except in history-geography-civics (continuous assessment: ''contrôle continu'') and in a final exam at the end of 3<sup>e</sup>. Also starting from 2008, pupils must acquire the [[Common European Framework of Reference for Languages|A2]] level of the [[Common European Framework of Reference for Languages]] in a foreign language (English, German, Spanish, Italian...). In other countries, primarily the UK, [[United States]], [[Canada]], and several ex-[[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] and [[Asia]]n countries, the equivalent period covered by the diploma is [[middle school]].
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