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The '''national diploma''' <ref>Brevet des collèges''' or '''Diplôme National du Brevet'''</ref> 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, [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]] and [[Algeria]], the first two were subject to the French Mandate after World War I whilst the last was under French occupation from 1830 and until 1962.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} Also the pupils outside France who study in French Schools of the [[AEFE|Agency for French Teaching Abroad]] network sit for this exam.
To be awarded a diploma, pupils must acquire the seven common core skills<ref>(socle commun de connaissances et de compétences</ref> and score a minimum of 190 points (out of 380).<ref>[http://winbee.webs.com/onlinebrevet.htm Subjects to study for the Brevet Degree]</ref> These points are awarded via tests in each subject except in history-geography-civics (continuous assessment: ''le 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]].
==Continuous assessment==
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