French Language Standard Four 2025 New Exam Format By NECTA

The Standard Four National Assessment (SFNA) is a formative evaluation which intends to monitor pupils’ learning. in order to provide feedback that teachers, students and other educational stakeholders can use to improve teaching and learning.

Each subject has an examination format which describes the structure of the examination paper, and the content that the examination paper for that subject has to cover.

This format is based on the 2023 French Language Syllabus for Primary Education and will be used effectively from 2025. The format considers the main and specific competencies the pupils should acquire in each class from standard III to VI.

This format consists of six (6) questions with a total of 30 items designed to assess all eight specific competencies derived from three (3) main competencies.

The format will enable a pupil to demonstrate the ability to cope with the development of Science and Technology in the contemporary world and, thus, build foundational competence for higher classes in other levels of primary education.