Her mother was right to prepare, just in case, a little party. Despite an overall average of less than 10/20, Farhati, 18, has just obtained his baccalaureate S the first time. She will not have to take the remedial oral exams, for which she had been preparing for the past two weeks, in her hut in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon (Rhône).
"The jury gave me 2 points in geo history, 1 point in math and another in physics", explains this serious student. "I had good reviews on my file, and during confinement, I did all my homework on time," she says. Like to justify that his baccalaureate is really deserved?
The “benevolence” that the Minister of National Education called for for this extraordinary edition, entirely passed over to continuous monitoring, has worked beyond the expectations of many high school students.
Draft sent down 8.5%
According to the provisional results transmitted by the National Education, 657,300 candidates won the laurels the first time, this Tuesday, or 91.5% of the candidates. A figure up 13.7 points compared to last year. In the general streams (S, ES and L), the rate reaches the stratospheric level of 94.3%. A record.
As a direct consequence, far fewer young people will be taking remedial oral exams this week, which usually allow a significant number of students to graduate on the wire. This year, the proportion of those sent to the draft is down 8.5%. Finally, the shortfalls, 40,900 in number, are 5.2% less than in June 2019.
These exceptional figures confirm a trend that the world of education has felt coming for several days. To the point of having triggered a meeting, this Monday, at the Ministry of Higher Education. The watchword, launched to the presidents of universities and directorates of higher education schools? "Make room!" We will have to cram additional bachelors, cafte a participant in this meeting held 24 hours before the tights come out.
"A veil on the joy of results"
As soon as announced on Tuesday, the results triggered the little music from the “easy”, “given” bin. Too successful to be honest. "The students worked during the year, and with an education made even more difficult by confinement: let's not inflict on them a symbolic devaluation of the diploma", opposes Françoise Cahen, professor of letters in a high school in Val-de- Marne, marrie to note "like a veil on the joy of the results".
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A suspicion all the more unfair that, Covid-19 or not, the immense majority would have styled the laurels, at a time when "nine candidates out of ten" obtain the bac in the general way, as reminded this Tuesday evening Jean-Michel Blanquer.
The ace. "I have a high school diploma and I'm not even proud," laments a terminated, annoyed. The astonishing video, posted Tuesday by the President of the Republic on the popular social network of TikTok teens, inviting those admitted to "celebrate" and "enjoy" their bac is hard to take. Perhaps because "good courage", launched in a tone a bit scary by the Head of State, by way of conclusion, augurs for difficult tomorrows?
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"We are happy for the young people, but a little worried too," says Hubert Salaün, the spokesperson for the federation of parents of PEEP pupils. We are going to see young people who have not held a pen for six months going into higher education… We will have to welcome them properly. At the risk, if not, of having only delayed the failure by a year.