A record. According to the final results published this Thursday by the Ministry of National Education, the pass rate for the baccalaureate climbed to 95% in 2020. 760,800 candidates participated in the 2020 session of this end-of-school exam, and 723,000 have been received.
Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the traditional tabletop trials have not taken place. It was a first in the long history of this exam, created under Napoleon I.
Only continuous monitoring could be taken into consideration. Due to the confinement, it was mainly the notes of the first two quarters that could be taken into account.
High school students were able to retake the tests in September
The oral exams were organized in July, while the high school students who had failed due to exceptional circumstances (bereavement of a loved one, illness, etc.) were able to retake the tests in September. The success rate reached 97.6% in the general route, 95% in the technological route and 90.4% in the professional route.
The proportion of baccalaureate holders in a generation was 87% in 2020, up 7.3 points compared to 2019.
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