What will be the contours of the 2021 version bin?
If he seems inflexible on the holding of the tests of philosophy, French, and the great oral, from mid-June, the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, has just opened the door to "Arrangements".
Already, the specialty tests, scheduled for mid-March, have been canceled in favor of continuous assessment - which now represents 82% of the final mark.
But several unions, teachers and high school students, are also calling for the cancellation of the remaining face-to-face exams.
“With the distance learning courses, the preparation was chaotic.
No, an hour of video lessons is not worth an hour in front of a teacher, ”insists Mathieu Devlaminck, president of the National Union of High School Students (UNL).
He also points to “the inequalities” induced by certain establishments that have not embraced the hybrid.
In echo, Sophie Vénétitay, deputy general secretary of Snes-FSU, first union of secondary teachers, says that the grand oral "cannot be held given the conditions in which it was prepared, in this case in which it was not prepared ”.
In the background: 100 to 200 blockades of high schools organized on Monday - on more than 4,000 establishments - and others planned this week.
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Not deaf, Jean-Michel Blanquer therefore explained Monday, at the microphone of Europe 1, that "on the modalities
(Editor's note: bac tests),
we will still evolve so that it is as favorable as possible for the students". Thus, the high school organizations were received Tuesday by the minister, while the general direction of school education (Dgesco) discusses this Wednesday with the unions of teachers and heads of establishments. On the agenda: the famous "developments". Overview of current thinking.
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This approach consists in keeping the philosophy and French writings as they are, but in keeping the grade obtained only if it is better than that of the continuous assessment. Otherwise, the latter prevails. “This would keep the students studious until June, relieving them a little of the stress associated with the test. If we cancel everything, I'm afraid they'll relax, ”Judge Delphine, a teacher in Hauts-de-France. "It is a quasi-guarantee of protection of the pupils therefore, in the context, a
belt and strap
measure
very reassuring ... We would be in favor", also supports Philippe Vincent, general secretary of Snpden, the union of school leaders.
Notify the jury of chapters not studied.
On the day of the grand oral, "the student could, for example, present a note from his teacher to indicate the parts of the program not seen", explained Sunday Jean-Michel Blanquer. "Not sure that the fact that this is declarative coming from the pupil is the most appropriate, but in the idea, to mention the chapters not studied because of the distance… why not", decrypts Philippe Vincent for his part. In the same vein, one of the new methods could be to allow candidates to have their marks in front of them on the day of the test.
Pass the coefficient of the grand oral from 10 to 5.
As we explained from April 11, this is another avenue that would allow the flagship test of the Blanquer version to be maintained while reducing the pressure on ill-prepared students, and anxious.
“By doing this, we take into account the fact that the year was special and the preparation for the grand oral, heckled.
Their mark in the bac is thus more focused on the specialties assessed in the continuous assessment, and on the philosophy test.
It's still better than simply canceling the grand oral, ”commented to the Parisian, an important player in National Education.
A single oral theme, more philosophical subjects?
To take into account the distance courses multiplied since last winter in terminale, the Rue de Grenelle has already provided for three dissertation subjects in philosophy, instead of two in normal times, as well as an explanation of the text. “Why not further expand this possibility, which allows the candidate to have an additional choice of reflection? »Slips a regular of discussions with National Education. Conversely, the reduction of the wing is being studied for the test of the grand oral, where the candidates could have to present only one topic in general stream, instead of two, relating to the specialties. chosen by the candidate. Finally, the last part of the grand oral, which consists of five minutes of presentation of the orientation project, could be neutralized.