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2026 Statistics

Key Facts: ICFES Validación del Bachillerato Exam

≥30 points

ICFES approval threshold (puntaje total)

ICFES Validación page

Adults 18+

Personas mayores de edad who did not finish regular media schooling

ICFES Validación page

Same 5 tests

Structure matches Saber 11° (Lectura Crítica, Matemáticas, Sociales, Ciencias, Inglés)

ICFES Validación page

COP $72,000

2026 ordinary fee

Resolución 000629 of 11 November 2025

COP $108,000

2026 extraordinary fee

Resolución 000629 of 11 November 2025

Bachiller académico

Passing certifies MEN competencies for the academic bachiller title

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Saber 11 guide

ICFES points Validación candidates to the Saber 11° Guía de orientación and marcos

ICFES Validación page

Not Pre Saber

Distinct from the Pre Saber trial exam and from Saber 11 admission sittings

ICFES

Colombia's adult academic-bachiller validation exam: same five tests as Saber 11, pass at a total score of 30 or more, ordinary 2026 fee COP $72,000.

Sample ICFES Validación del Bachillerato Practice Questions

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1Read this municipal notice: «AVISO DE LA ALCALDÍA: El mercado campesino se trasladará el sábado al parque principal. Abrirá de 6:00 a.m. a 1:00 p.m. Traiga bolsa reutilizable.» At what time does the relocated market open on Saturday?

A.1:00 p.m.

B.6:00 a.m.

C.Saturday at noon only

D.It does not open on Saturday

Explanation: The notice states that the farmers’ market will open from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lectura Crítica local comprehension asks adults to recover an explicit time from a short discontinuous aviso rather than guess from daily routine.

2Read this plant memo: «MEMORANDO INTERNO: Todo el personal del área de carga debe usar casco. El supervisor de turno verificará el cumplimiento cada mañana antes de las 7:00 a.m.» Who is assigned to check that helmets are worn?

A.The mayor’s office

B.Any coworker who arrives first

C.The shift supervisor

D.The workers’ families

Explanation: The memo names the shift supervisor (el supervisor de turno) as the person who will verify compliance each morning. Recovering the named agent of an instruction is a local-comprehension task on the Validación Lectura Crítica test.

3Read this family note: «Mamá: Dejé la receta de la sopa en la nevera. Por favor compra cilantro y papa en la plaza. —Lucía» What does Lucía ask her mother to buy?

A.Only the soup recipe

B.Cilantro and potato

C.Meat and rice

D.A new refrigerator

Explanation: The second sentence asks the mother to buy cilantro and potato at the plaza. The recipe left in the fridge is background; the shopping request is the explicit action to recover.

4Read: «El centro de salud atiende de lunes a viernes de 7:00 a.m. a 4:00 p.m. Los sábados solo hay vacunación de 8:00 a.m. a 12:00 m. Los domingos no hay servicio.» Which service is available on Saturday?

A.Full medical consultation until 4:00 p.m.

B.No service of any kind

C.Vaccination only, from 8:00 a.m. to noon

D.Night-shift emergencies only

Explanation: The text restricts Saturday to vaccination (vacunación) between 8:00 a.m. and noon. Local comprehension of a health-center schedule means matching the day to the limited service named.

5In the sentence «Por falta de agua, la junta de acción comunal aplazó la asamblea hasta el jueves», what does aplazó mean in this neighborhood context?

A.Cancelled the assembly forever

B.Moved the assembly to a later time (Thursday)

C.Held the assembly earlier than planned

D.Fined neighbors who missed the meeting

Explanation: Aplazar means to postpone. The phrase hasta el jueves shows the assembly was rescheduled, not erased. Vocabulary-in-context items on Lectura Crítica ask you to use surrounding words, not a memorized isolated gloss.

6Read: «Vecinos: Llevamos tres semanas sin alumbrado en la carrera 8. Las personas que salen del turno de la noche caminan a oscuras. Pedimos a la empresa de energía una revisión urgente. —Junta de vecinos» What concern is implied beyond the missing lights themselves?

A.The street will be closed to cars forever

B.The junta wants to sell light bulbs

C.Night-shift workers face a safety risk walking in the dark

D.The neighborhood plans a festival

Explanation: The letter links the outage to people leaving the night shift who must walk in darkness, so the implied stake is personal safety, not merely a technical complaint. Global reading requires connecting the two sentences rather than stopping at “no lights.”

7In «El bus nuevo es más cómodo; sin embargo, el pasaje subió 400 pesos», what relationship does sin embargo signal?

A.Cause: the fare rose because the bus is comfortable

B.Simple addition of two identical facts

C.Contrast between comfort and a higher fare

D.A time sequence from past to future

Explanation: Sin embargo is a concessive/contrast connector: comfort is granted, then opposed by the fare increase. Lectura Crítica items often test whether adults can name how a connector organizes two clauses.

8Read: «Varios adultos del barrio estudian de noche después del trabajo. El colegio ofrece validación de saberes y jornadas flexibles. Quienes asisten dicen que el cansancio es real, pero el diploma abre contratos formales que antes les negaban.» What is the paragraph’s main idea?

A.The college should close on weeknights

B.Children should replace adults in night school

C.All contracts in Colombia are already formal

D.Night study after work is hard, yet it can improve access to formal jobs

Explanation: The paragraph balances fatigue with the diploma’s effect on formal contracts. A global-articulation item asks for the claim that covers both the obstacle and the payoff, not a single detail.

9A health flyer says: «El dengue no se cura con limón. Elimine agua estancada en materas, llantas y tanques. Si tiene fiebre alta, acuda al centro de salud.» What is the flyer’s primary purpose?

A.To sell lemon drinks

B.To entertain readers with a story

C.To correct a myth and give prevention and care steps

D.To announce a music concert

Explanation: The flyer rejects a home myth, lists breeding-site actions, and directs febrile adults to the health center. Purpose questions ask what the text is trying to do in the community, not what topic words appear.

10Read: «Doña Marta pagó la factura del acueducto. Esta llegó con un cobro extra por reconexión. Ella no entiende ese valor porque el servicio nunca se cortó.» What does esta refer to?

A.The reconnection fee alone, as a separate person

B.Doña Marta

C.The water bill (la factura)

D.The mayor

Explanation: Esta agrees with factura (feminine) and is the document that arrived with the extra charge. Pronoun-reference items check local cohesion: the substitute must match gender and the noun that “arrived with a cobro extra.”

About the ICFES Validación del Bachillerato Exam

The ICFES Validación del Bachillerato Académico certifies Ministerio de Educación Nacional competencies for the academic bachiller title. ICFES says adults who did not finish regular formal media education may sit it, and that approval requires a total score of at least 30 points. Officially, the exam has the same structure as Saber 11° — Lectura Crítica, Matemáticas, Sociales y Ciudadanas, Ciencias Naturales, and Inglés — and ICFES directs candidates to the Saber 11° orientation guide, marcos, and toolbox. The 2026 ordinary fee is COP $72,000 (Resolución 000629 of 11 November 2025). The official exam is delivered in Spanish. This free bank is an English-language four-option MCQ study adaptation, not an official ICFES translation, not a substitute for Saber 11 university-admission results, and not a simulation of the timed paper booklet.

Assessment

Five tests matching Saber 11°: Lectura Crítica, Matemáticas, Sociales y Ciudadanas, Ciencias Naturales, and Inglés. ICFES also publishes Saber 11 toolbox examples for Validación candidates.

Time Limit

Same session structure as Saber 11°; the 2026 Saber 11° guide lists two sessions of 4 hours 30 minutes each

Passing Score

Total score of 30 points or higher (ICFES: puntaje total igual o superior a treinta (30) puntos).

Exam Fee

2026 ordinary COP $72,000; extraordinary COP $108,000 (Resolución 000629 of 11 November 2025). (ICFES (Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación))

ICFES Validación del Bachillerato Exam Content Outline

18%

Lectura Crítica

Retrieve local meaning, build global sense of a text, and evaluate arguments in continuous and discontinuous Spanish texts.

22%

Matemáticas

Interpret representations, execute solutions, and justify quantitative claims, including genuine calculations with COP amounts when money appears.

20%

Sociales y Ciudadanas

1991 Constitution, civic participation, Colombian social science, and evaluating social arguments.

25%

Ciencias Naturales

Use scientific ideas, explain natural phenomena, and read inquiry data in biology, chemistry, physics, and environmental contexts.

15%

Inglés

English reading and language-in-use at the MCER-aligned levels used on Saber 11°.

How to Pass the ICFES Validación del Bachillerato Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: Total score of 30 points or higher (ICFES: puntaje total igual o superior a treinta (30) puntos).
Assessment: Five tests matching Saber 11°: Lectura Crítica, Matemáticas, Sociales y Ciudadanas, Ciencias Naturales, and Inglés. ICFES also publishes Saber 11 toolbox examples for Validación candidates.
Time limit: Same session structure as Saber 11°; the 2026 Saber 11° guide lists two sessions of 4 hours 30 minutes each
Exam fee: 2026 ordinary COP $72,000; extraordinary COP $108,000 (Resolución 000629 of 11 November 2025).

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ICFES Validación del Bachillerato Study Tips from Top Performers

1Treat the five Saber 11 tests as the blueprint: ICFES explicitly sends Validación candidates to the Saber 11 guide and marcos.

2You need a total score of at least 30 to pass — practise all five areas rather than only mathematics.

3Work genuine calculations and COP price/table items; Saber-style math rewards representation and execution, not trivia.

4Review Article 1 of the 1991 Constitution, branches of power, and participation mechanisms for Sociales y Ciudadanas.

5This bank cannot replace timed Spanish booklet practice from ICFES's Saber 11 toolbox.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ICFES Validación del Bachillerato Académico?

It is the ICFES exam that certifies MEN competencies for the academic bachiller title for adults who did not complete regular formal upper-secondary schooling.

Who can sit Validación del Bachillerato?

ICFES states that it may be taken by adults (personas mayores de edad) who, for various reasons, did not finish their formal education cycle in regular schools.

What score is required to pass?

ICFES states that approval requires a total score equal to or greater than 30 points.

Is Validación the same exam as Saber 11 Calendario A or B?

No. Calendario A and B are application windows of Saber 11. Validación is a separate ICFES exam that certifies the bachiller académico title, though ICFES says it uses the same five-test structure as Saber 11.

How much does Validación cost in 2026?

Ordinary 2026 fee COP $72,000; extraordinary COP $108,000; extemporaneous COP $313,000 (ICFES Resolución 000629 of 11 November 2025).

Is this practice bank in the same language and format as the real exam?

No. The official exam is in Spanish and follows the Saber 11 booklet. This bank is an English-language four-option MCQ study adaptation; Spanish reading passages stay because Spanish comprehension is the skill being tested.