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C. Algerian high school students who pass the baccalaureate exam can go to one of the nation’s public universities free of charge.
A. Algeria is largest country in Africa by area, and it borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Tunisia to the northeast, Libya to the east, Niger to the southeast, Mali, Mauritania and the Western Sahara to the southwest and Morocco to the west. Libya and its eastern neighbor, Egypt, both censored the internet during the Arab Spring protests in 2011.
D. One other nation, Iraq, also cut internet service to block students from cheating, and it is shutting it down again this month for two weeks of exams.
B. Arabic is used as the language of instruction during the first nine years of schooling. From the third year, French is taught and it is also the language of instruction for science classes. France controlled Algeria from 1830 until 1962, when the Algerians gained independence after eight years of fighting.