D-Day for 523,199 candidates for the 2022 baccalaureate: this Wednesday takes place the philosophy test for the general and technological baccalaureates.
Until 2019, this material traditionally opened the ball with a dozen or so events.
Then the Covid-19 and the reform of the baccalaureate swept everything away.
In 2020, no final test took place due to the health crisis.
In 2021, the year of the reform, the final tests have disappeared in favor of a single written test, philosophy, a major oral and part of continuous assessment.
The specialty tests provided for in this reform could not take place, again because of the coronavirus.
In addition, the philosophy test had been "adjusted": four subjects were offered to pupils instead of three,
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This 2022 session is not completely spared the consequences of the health crisis.
Thus, the specialty tests did take place, but they were shifted from March to May.
In addition, first year students will present a reduced number of texts in the anticipated oral French.
On the other hand, everything is back to normal for the advance written French test, this Thursday, and philosophy, this Wednesday.
Only adjustment: the possibility of presenting an identity document expired for less than five years, because of the delays in issuing identity documents, which are particularly long at the moment.
“We are getting closer to a form of normality”,
rejoices the director of the IEP of Lille, Pierre Mathiot, in charge of the last reform of the high school and the baccalaureate.
"In 2023, two years late, we should be on an organization of the baccalaureate as we had designed it at the time of the reform."
"Spend the week in good conditions"
Almost rid of the anxiety linked to Covid-19, the parents of students
are “worried”
however about the heat wave expected from the middle of the week, underlines Éric Labastie, secretary general of the Federation of Parents’ Councils students (FCPE).
Especially since three years ago this generation of students, then in third grade, had already had to face a heat wave which had prompted the Ministry of National Education to postpone the college patent tests by one week.
"They must feel a little cursed,"
laments a teacher.
This time, no postponement is planned, says the ministry, which adds that
"specific recommendations"
were sent to the heads of institutions.
On Tuesday, during a press briefing following the Council of Ministers, the new Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye, called for respecting
“common sense principles”,
citing in particular the use of the least exposed spaces possible. in the sun, the ventilation of classrooms and the distribution of water.
“Normally, these devices should make it possible to spend the week in good conditions, but we remain very attentive”,
added the one who lives his first baccalaureate Rue de Grenelle.
We will revive an important tradition: the results will be displayed in the establishments
Édouard Geffray, Director General of School Education
Once the written French and philosophy tests are behind them, the students will turn to the oral French for the first, the great oral for the terminal.
They can then go on vacation with a free mind, except for final year students still waiting for results on Parcoursup.
Their overall mark of the baccalaureate, consisting of 40% continuous assessment and 60% final exams (oral and written French, specialty exams, philosophy, oral exam), will be communicated to them on July 5.
“We will revive an important tradition: the results will be posted in the establishments.
Students will be able to discover them with their classmates, their families, their teachers.
informed Édouard Geffray, the director general of school education, during a press conference organized in early June Rue de Grenelle.
“A necessary rite of passage
”
In 2021, 97.5% of candidates in the general track had obtained their baccalaureate, compared to 93.9% of candidates in the technological track.
On the professional path, the success rate was 86.6%, with a drop of 3.8 points compared to 2020. This year, 186,200 candidates sit the professional bac exams, which take place from 14 to June 24.
These students are the first to have followed a complete course redesigned by the latest reform of the vocational path.
This is reflected in particular by the evaluation of the
"famous masterpiece"
, an individual or collective achievement linked to the student's specialty, recalled Édouard Geffray during his press briefing.
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What value for the baccalaureate, now that more than 90% of candidates pass it, and that nearly 83% of an age group holds it?
In the eyes of Pierre Mathiot, there remains
“a necessary rite of passage”,
but whose dimension must be appreciated from another angle.
"For me, we are no longer measuring the value of the baccalaureate by the number of candidates who fail it - that is to say that the baccalaureate would have value because there are a lot of people who would miss it.
I think we measure the value of it in terms of the quality of the orientation and the success of the students after the baccalaureate.
