the success rate begins to return to normal

664,300 candidates were accepted for the 2022 baccalaureate after the remedial session, i.e. a success rate of 91.1%, a figure down 2.8 points compared to June 2021, the Ministry of Education announced on Saturday July 13. ‘National Education.

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Nearly 80% of an age group has the baccalaureate

After two sessions disrupted by the health crisis, this first edition of the Blanquer baccalaureate organized under almost normal conditions resulted in a general baccalaureate success rate of 96.1% (– 1.5 points compared to 2021), a success rate for the technological baccalaureate of 90.6% (- 3.5 points) and a success rate for the professional baccalaureate of 82.3% (- 4.5 points), detailed the rue de Grenelle in a press release. The percentage of baccalauréat holders in a generation is 79.2%.

A higher rate than before the pandemic

Since the 2019 reform, the baccalaureate mark is based 40% on continuous assessment and 60% on final exams.

Baccalaureate 2022, results much better than it seems

The years 2021 and 2020 marked by the Covid-19 epidemic had made the baccalaureate achieve record success rates with respectively 93.8% and 95.7% success in this diploma. The success rate for the 2022 baccalaureate is nevertheless higher than that of the years 2019 (88.1%), 2018 (88.3%) or 2017 (87.9%).

More than half with honors

For the session that has just ended, more than half of the candidates (58.8%) graduate with honors, said the direction of the evaluation of the prospective and performance (Depp) of Education national. This corresponds to a decrease of 5.4 points compared to June 2021.

Rennes ahead of the other academies

The success rates for the baccalaureate at the Rennes Academy are among the highest in the three paths, highlights Depp. In the professional path, the academies of Rennes, Nantes, Poitiers, Besançon and Corsica stand out with success rates of more than 85%. In Guadeloupe and Guyana, on the other hand, the success rate for the professional route fell by 9.5 and 12.8 points respectively.

In the technological route, apart from Mayotte, the success rates range from 80.5% to 95.1% with a special mention for Brittany, Martinique and Guadeloupe.

Finally for the general route, most academies have fairly similar success rates, comments the National Education.

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