FranceListe CSP, n° 127 · Liste naturalisation, n° 150 · History, geography and culture

Since what year has state school been free?

In the exam (French)

Depuis quelle année l'école publique est-elle gratuite ?

  1. a18151815
  2. b18811881Correct answer
  3. c19051905
  4. d19581958

Why?

State primary school has been free since the Jules Ferry law of 16 June 1881. The following year, in 1882, it also became secular and compulsory. The year 1905 is the year of the law on the separation of the Churches and the State.

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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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