FranceListe CR, n° 179 · Living in French society
With which institution can parents enrol their child in a state school?
In the exam (French)
Auprès de quelle institution les parents peuvent-ils inscrire leur enfant à l'école publique ?
- aThe police stationLe commissariat de police
- bThe prefectureLa préfecture
- cThe town hallLa mairieCorrect answer
- dThe family allowance fund (CAF)La caisse d’allocations familiales (CAF)
Why?
To enrol a child in a state nursery or elementary school, you must go to the town hall (mairie) where you live, then to the school. State school is free, secular and open to all children. The prefecture deals with, among other things, residence permits.
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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.
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