“I feel like it's changing all the time. The problem is that the teachers learn things at the same time as we do. All this adds to the stress of the bac, especially as the reform comes into effect this year. For the great oral, it is really the great vagueness. "
Candice, 17, in her final year, has just learned from the radio that the organization of the baccalaureate may be changed up to two weeks before the tests are held.
It is by an ordinance published in
the Official Journal
on December 24 that the government authorizes itself to adapt the terms of the 2021 baccalaureate according to the evolution of the Covid epidemic.
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Pragmatism or lack of preparation?
The
“adaptations”
of the bac - but also of examinations and competitive examinations for higher education - may relate to the
“nature”
of the tests,
“their number, content, coefficient or organizational conditions, which may in particular be perform in a dematerialized manner, ”
explains the text.
These adaptations will be
"brought to the attention of the candidates"
within a period which cannot be
"less than two weeks before the start of the tests",
specifies the ordinance.
Sufficient to ensure the serenity of teachers and students?
"Tie break"
“I hope that we will be quickly fixed!
exclaims Candice, who has in mind the tests of the two specialties of the bac, scheduled in March.
I also hope that they will be maintained.
It's still the bac!
Continuous monitoring is much less rewarding. ”
The reform of the bac, written by Jean-Michel Blanquer, has already introduced 40% of continuous assessment.
Will the Covid crisis shift the 2021 session into 100% continuous monitoring, as was the case last year?
The government has chosen, for the time being, not to decide, leaving possible, again, the holding of national examinations.
These final tests, vestiges of the old formula bac, are planned for the two specialties, in March, as well as for philosophy and the grand oral, in June.
For Jean-Rémi Girard, of Snalc, teachers' union,
"this ordinance does not send a good signal".
"It reinforces the idea that the government does not anticipate,"
said the trade unionist, who asked for a postponement of the specialty tests to June.
“Many students are not sufficiently prepared for mid-March,” he
adds.
Given the health crisis, not all teachers were able to follow the training courses for this great oral
Philippe Vincent, at the union of management staff (SNPDEN-Unsa)
Since the end of November, 67% of high schools, according to official statistics, have switched, to a greater or lesser extent, to distance education.
"From one high school to another, it's been 8 to 10 weeks difference",
summarizes Philippe Vincent, the union of management staff (SNPDEN-Unsa), which points to an undeniable
"breach of equality".
He nevertheless welcomes the government's text based on
“a precautionary principle”
.
"But we will have to rule very quickly and prepare, also, the grand oral"
, he specifies.
The difficulty does not lie so much in its material organization as in its content.
Given the health crisis, not all of the teachers were able to follow the training courses for this great oral examination. ”
Sold by Minister Blanquer as a key and innovative element of his reform, the grand oral must focus on two questions prepared by the student with his teachers, in each of the two specialties chosen.