#2026-481Special 2026 Baccalaureate Exam Rules for French Exam Centers in Selected Overseas Locations
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This decree changes how the 2026 general and technological baccalaureate will be organized for candidates in French exam centers in Bahrain, the UAE, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jerusalem, Kuwait, Qatar, Mali, and eastern Saudi Arabia. It also allows the same rules to be used in other territories if geopolitical conditions make normal exam organization impossible shortly before the first final exam. For students enrolled in approved French schools abroad or through CNED, final exams in specialty subjects and philosophy are replaced by their annual final-year averages. The final oral exam receives no grade and its coefficient is neutralized. Other candidates, including private candidates, will take affected exams during the replacement exam session.
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Key Changes
- Replaces specialty-subject and philosophy final exams with annual final-year averages for students in approved French schools abroad or CNED
- Neutralizes the final oral exam by assigning no grade and removing its weighting
- Moves affected exams for other candidates to the replacement exam session
Obligations
What this law requires
For candidates enrolled in an approved French school abroad for the terminal cycle or through CNED under the cited education code provision, replace the terminal specialty-subject and philosophy exams with the candidates’ validated annual final-year averages in the relevant subjects, as recorded in the school report and rounded up to the next whole point.
For candidates not enrolled in an approved French school abroad or CNED under the specified conditions, organize the terminal specialty-subject and philosophy exams during the corresponding replacement examination session.
Do not assign any grade for the final oral examination, and neutralize its coefficient for affected candidates.
Candidates taking the written and oral French examinations in 2026 for the 2026 general or technological baccalaureate must be summoned to the corresponding replacement-session examinations.
Apply these special 2026 baccalaureate organization rules to examination centers in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jerusalem, Kuwait, Qatar, Mali, and the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.