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exams in French, an exam in ''histoire-géographie'' in German, and an exam in German literature in German.

Schools

, the French state offers the AbiBac at 88 schools in France and five schools (''lycée français'') in Germany. , 68 public schools in Germany offer the AbiBac, as well as the two private schools Deutsche Schule Paris and Moser Schule Berlin.

References

External links

Abibac (in French)
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013142050/http://www.ciep.fr/abibac/ , date=2006-10-13 , on the website of the Centre international d'études pédagogiques

on the pages of the

French ministry of education The Ministry of National Education and Youth, or simply Ministry of National Education, as the title has changed several times in the course of the Fifth Republic, is the cabinet member in the Government of France who oversees the country's pu ...

France–Germany relations

Schools

See also

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