More and more competitions can be held remotely, at home in front of your computer. More than 11,650 candidates took the Sésame competition.
Ecricome, Passerelle (for 5 major business schools), or even Access for Iéseg, Esdes, or Essca, also take place completely online. 'I couldn't select certain boxes, I clicked, but it was as if I hadn't done anything and I couldn't finish some questions on the French test. It penalizes us!' says one student who took part in the competition. 'We have the choice for this year of being monitored and asynchronous. All data is stored on a server and reported back to us,' says Christelle Garon, director of development and communication for the competition, which is run by Covid. 'It is not in a live connection, but the candidates do their tests, and everything is reported to us, even if there are connection problems.' Sésame organized a test session of technical prerequisites obligatory for candidates. Candidates in difficulty can then call the support service directly to tell them about their problems. "To avoid fraud, we have a system that requires you to turn off all applications on the computer, a killer that takes up a lot of RAM and restarts randomly," explains Christelle Garon. A last minute storm for the Ecricome competition took place this Wednesday, April 17. The stress was precisely the internet connection and the electricity because in Guyana, we have breaks of 4 or 5 hours, three times a week. "For Sésame, we had no difficulty," says Marie. "even if we were worried, there were no bugs." The tests, which began for the Guyanese candidates at 3:30 a.m. local time, 8:30 a. m. mainland time, were added... a last-minute storm was added... a phone call allowed certain candidates to be able to retake the tests at 5 p.m., the same day.