The 2020 baccalaureate will not be this stainless Republican rite of passage to higher education. The ceremony will not take place. Students will validate their diploma with the marks obtained during the year. A whole symbol.
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Created under Napoleon, the bac is the first university degree. In 1809, for its first edition, it had 31 laureates. “Even in 1940 and 1944, the trials took place. In 44, they started a little before the landing and continued, as the war moved on, " says education historian Claude Lelièvre. At a time when high school graduates represented only 3 or 4% of a generation, the bac had to be held at all costs. Iconic.
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Throughout this long history, the year 1968 remains in people's minds. Alain Peyrefitte, Minister of Education then wishes to maintain the tests. He is forced to resign on May 28, and his successor decides that only the oral will be held. A solution that boosts the success rate to 83% - against
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