Official 9th Grade Fundamental Exams: MENFP Declares Readiness and Announces Guidelines

The official 9th-grade fundamental exams for the year 2025 will take place from June 30 to July 3. During a press conference on Thursday, June 26, 2025, the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) declared its readiness for the organization of these exams and announced guidelines for the smooth running of these tests.

Indeed, there are eight of them. «Any candidate caught cheating will have their paper canceled and will only be able to participate in exams after a 2-year suspension; all firearms are prohibited at the examination center; programmable calculators are prohibited; the use of mobile phones is prohibited in examination rooms. This measure concerns both candidates and invigilators; any candidate caught using a mobile phone will be automatically eliminated; any person caught committing fraud inside or near the examination center will be arrested and handed over to judicial authorities.

Finally, it is forbidden for any person to enter examination centers during the tests.

The ministry also stated that all planning has already been secured with police and judicial authorities to prevent any incidents during the course of all tests this year.

« We had already planned everything with the authorities. Justice and the police are already mobilized to secure the exams,» declared the Director General of the Ministry of National Education, Yves Roblin.

For the year 2025, over 187,000 candidates for the 9th-grade fundamental exams will take part in the tests, according to the MENFP.

Gedeon Delva