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We are reaching the end of this annual comedy!
In fact, the statistics are already known even before the exams have taken place.
It doesn’t matter that the physics exams were a bit more difficult than usual.
The graders have a set grading scale and guidelines for leniency in grading. The heads of the jury receive instructions to generously pass as many students as possible and to raise grades if necessary.
So in the end, we will have over 90% pass rates as usual.
In fact, the problem is not the pass rate percentage. If the students are in the right track, and if they have studied, there is no reason for them to fail. A bac with a 60% pass rate would be abnormal: it would indicate that the students were not at the required level (orientation issue) or that they had not put in the effort.
If there are questions to ask, it is about the value of the exam, that is to say, the level of knowledge being assessed. The feedback from some graders is alarming. It shows that the successful candidates actually have a very low level and that being a bac holder currently is not a guarantee of success for further studies.
What is well conceived is clearly stated,
And the words to express it come easily.
(Boileau)
What prognosis?
The minister announces this year, just like last year, about 85% passed before retakes, while last year there was an average of 91% passed after retakes across the three paths, with nearly 96% for the general path.
The large share of continuous assessment further mitigates the suspense: to not pass on the first attempt, one really has to not have worked at all and therefore have done so on purpose.
The only pertinent question is the level of distinction for those who need it for access to certain selective programs.
The success rate has nevertheless greatly increased over the years; it was only around 65-70% in the 1970s, but perhaps the tree hides the forest, as there wasn't such a diversity of diplomas outside of the general path back then.
We must not confuse the success rate of the baccalauréat with the percentage of an age group that reaches the final year of high school.
That said, I do not know what the solution is; already in those 1970s, higher education teachers were shouting that young graduates were arriving completely unprepared.
Each one passes the hot potato since primary school; what do we do? We direct more young people early towards vocational training, we can’t make them repeat several times, which often doesn’t change much.
Even in higher education, committees complain about the level, including those admitted to CAPES, especially in scientific fields due to a lack of candidates.
The problem is probably the dogma of the baccalauréat as the first diploma of higher education.
In selective paths (and not just those that are based on high academic standards), candidates are chosen by definition, and they are shown the door if they do not fill their gaps.
Non-selective higher education is a vast waste because those who truly do not have the level will leave without any diploma after years of wandering; perhaps it is time to put an end to this catastrophe with an entrance selection for higher education other than Parcours Sup, which guarantees a place for almost everyone in one path or another, including those whose level means they have no chance.
Now, it is very disparate, there are still some fortunate ones among the high-achieving graduates.