Method
How to prepare for the civic exam
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- Read the official fact sheets on the Ministry of the Interior’s civic training website, topic by topic (in French).
- Practise in short series of 10 or 20 questions with instant feedback, to understand each answer.
- Work on the scenarios: they ask you to apply a principle (equality, secularism, children’s rights…) to a concrete case.
- Take mock exams of 40 questions in 45 minutes until you regularly score above 32.
Because the exam is in French, practising in French is also good training for reading the questions quickly on the day.
Where to take the exam
In a centre approved by the Ministry of the Interior. The Paris Île-de-France Chamber of Commerce and France Éducation international provide centre search tools. Each centre sets its price and dates.