Election Results 2025: Revealed – Grades and Results of Candidates for Grenoble, Nice, and Poitiers
The French education authorities have confirmed the new format for the 2025 Diplôme National du Brevet (DNB), also known as the 2025 Brevet exam. This year, the exam will maintain its traditional structure while introducing some changes, particularly in the assessment of history, geography, and moral and civic education (EMC).
### Exam Format and Subjects
The history-geography and EMC exam, which lasts for 2 hours, is divided into three parts, each worth specific points:
- History: 20 points - Geography: 20 points - EMC: 10 points
The total score for this combined written exam is 50 points. The history-geography part consists of a document study with questions about the document's subject, context, date, author, and questions requiring the extraction of information and the use of prior knowledge. Students are also expected to write an argumentative paragraph (paragraphe argumenté) of approximately 20 lines on the other subject, complete with an introduction, development, and conclusion. They may also create a map or timeline. The EMC part involves reading 2-3 documents and answering related questions.
Mathematics and French are separate exams, each scored out of 100 points. The exact format of these exams is not detailed, but it is known that the DNB covers these core subjects.
### Continuous Assessment
The Brevet also incorporates continuous assessment, which factors in students' performance over the school year. This continuous assessment is combined with the written exam scores to calculate the final Brevet score.
### Passing Score Requirements
To pass the Brevet exam, students need an overall score of at least 400 points out of 800 (or 50% of the total). The total points come from combining the written exam scores and continuous assessment marks. The breakdown typically includes the main written exams and the control continuous (CC), although the exact total points or weight is not specified.
### Summary Table
| Subject | Points | Notes | |-------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------| | History | 20 | Part of 2-hour combined exam | | Geography | 20 | Part of combined exam | | Moral and Civic Education| 10 | Part of combined exam | | Mathematics | 100 | Separate exam | | French | 100 | Separate exam | | Continuous Assessment | ~350 | Approximate combined weight (inferred)| | **Total** | 800 | Approximate total score for passing |
### Additional Details
The 2025 Brevet exam keeps the history-geography-EMC exam format similar to previous years but now separately scores the three components. The exam papers for history-geography-EMC cover document analysis, argumentation, maps, and timelines. The specific history-geography-EMC exam from June 2025 included a document study, argumentative paragraph, and EMC questions based on documents.
Results for the 2025 Brevet exam are being published separately for each academy, with various academies publishing their results at different times. For instance, Grenoble, Nice, and Poitiers are publishing their results at 5 PM, while Paris, Créteil, and Versailles are publishing their results at 2 PM. The remaining academies will publish their results on Thursday.
Approximately 866,000 candidates took the brevet exams in the metropolitan area and overseas departments. The pass rate for the brevet in 2024 was 85.6%.
The changes introduced in the 2025 Brevet exam could also extend to French education-and-self-development, as students are expected to learn argumentative writing skills in the History-Geography part of the exam. Additionally, expanding one's learning horizons is essential as the Brevet assesses a broad range of subjects, such as history, geography, moral and civivc education, mathematics, and French language.
