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Yale Young African Scholars from 10th grade, African Leadership Academy, MEXT and GKS undergraduate, Türkiye Bursları, the Chinese scholarship, need-blind US universities, Mastercard: scholarships open to African school leavers, with the age and grade to start.
Revising for the bac with past papers: where to find official papers (Senegal's Office du Bac, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire), how to sit them in real conditions, mark them, keep an error log and plan the last months.
BAC II in Togo, Baccalauréat unique in Guinea, Examen d'État in DR Congo: exam name, organising body, tracks, dates and 2026 results in 17 French-speaking African countries, from official sources, and what it changes for studying abroad.
The bac in Benin: the Office du Baccalauréat's 14 tracks (A1, A2, B, C, D, E, F1 to F4, G1 to G3, water and sanitation), subjects and coefficients for each, registration, the usual exam period and what comes after the bac.
The bac in Senegal: the general bac's L and S tracks (L2, LA, L-AR, S1 to S5, S1A, S2A), the technical bac, first-group and second-group papers, UCAD's Office du Baccalauréat, the calendar, results and choices after the bac.
The bac in Côte d'Ivoire: the three streams (general, technical, artistic), the order of papers (PE, oral and practical, written), the DECO's official calendar, the 2026 dates, registration, appeals, fraud and choices after the bac.
In Cameroon, two subsystems lead to university: the probatoire then the OBC baccalauréat on the French-speaking side, the GCE O Level then A Level from the GCE Board on the English-speaking side. Streams, coefficients, calendar, results and next steps, from the official texts.
Examen d'État in DR Congo: preliminary paper on 13 February 2027, off-session papers in May, regular session from 21 to 24 June 2027, pass mark 50%, results by province and electronic diploma. Then university, Campus France and the Belgian equivalence.
The BEPC closes lower secondary school and opens the door to Seconde. What it is in Cameroon, Benin and Côte d'Ivoire, its Senegalese equivalent the BFEM, a revision plan from September to June, and how to use past papers and your class well.
A paper shared after the exam helps pupils in your class in other cities. How to upload it on Compatri, how it is checked, why it is never published before the day after the exam, and why spreading a paper before or during the exam is punishable cheating.
After the baccalaureate, you have three paths: study at home, leave straight away for first year, or study one or two years at home before leaving. Costs, Campus France criteria, scholarships and questions to ask, with official figures.
Bac C or bac D? C puts maths and physics at the centre, D the life sciences. Official coefficients from Cameroon, the S1 and S2 equivalents in Senegal, what engineering schools, Campus France and scholarships look at, and a method for choosing in Seconde.
Your application file is decided before the final year: Seconde and Première report cards, a 12/20 average in key subjects, TCF before 12 February 2027, letter, recommendations, scholarships for pupils. The month-by-month calendar.
Terminale D students in Cotonou, Natitingou and Kétou prepare the same bac, on the same day. On Compatri, one group per class and per city brings them together: how it works, what you do there, and the safety rules.
A revision group works when you quiz each other instead of rereading, come back to chapters at intervals, and everyone explains to the others. Roles, a model session, a charter and tools, backed by research.
A clear question gets an answer within an hour, a vague one gets none. Phrasing it, showing what you tried, photographing the paper legibly, one question per post, marking the best answer, saying thank you.