Disbelief, then disappointment.
24 high school students from Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) presented themselves for their history baccalaureate test on Wednesday without having studied the right program during the school year, reports Europe 1.
These students from the Nelson-Mandela International High School made the discovery the day before the test: their teacher got the program wrong, they understood by talking with other high school students who were also studying for a double French baccalaureate and Spanish.
But they still had to come to the test.
The test in question: a subject on Spain in the 20th century, another on the decolonized people.
Nothing to do with their program.
“A lot of students left after two hours.
Some left after five hours, but completely in tears, ”says a candidate to LCI.
"I used what I knew but that's going to be off topic of course"
"We did what we could, but we couldn't answer the subject correctly, regrets one of her students with Europe 1. I used what I knew but it will be off topic of course ".
For these students, marks below 10 are eliminatory.
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According to the radio, the parents of these elite students have mobilized so that the continuous control is taken into account rather than the note in this test probably failed for most of them.
“To err is human, you just have to recognize it.
We want, if possible, to have the best result between the general average they had during the year and the result in this event, "says the father of one of them. them.
In a press release quoted by Europe, the rectorate of Nantes assures that measures will be taken not to penalize the candidates.