Specialty tests, philosophy, major oral… The 2022 baccalaureate calendar

D-Day for the 2022 baccalaureate. Some 520,000 high school students take the specialty tests from Wednesday May 11, after two years disrupted by the pandemic which had seen the elimination of most of the major written tests. From 2 p.m., Terminale students from general and technological high schools will focus on the subjects of these tests, born of the baccalaureate reform decided by Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer. These events are organized until Friday, May 13.

“It’s a revaluation of the baccalaureate, and that’s why students take specialist teaching very seriously”said Wednesday on RTL the minister, who also clarified that he would probably not be in this position in the next government. “It’s most likely”, said Jean-Michel Blanquer, after five years spent on rue de Grenelle. The specialty tests have been postponed from March to May due to the Covid and are therefore not taken into account in Parcoursup, the higher education admission platform. An important element for high school students.

The calendar was shifted, but the program was stopped in March, when the events should have taken place. Candidates will each take two specialty tests, each assigned a coefficient of 16. These tests represent a third of the results of the baccalaureate, calculated on 100 points. The specialty tests take place from Wednesday to Friday depending on the subjects. Just over 45,000 proofreaders will be mobilised. Among the most chosen specialties, Mathematics, with 142,730 candidates, Economic and Social Sciences (136,466), History-Geography, Geopolitics and Political Science (106,994).

The other tests – philosophy, French for first year students and the grand oral – will take place from June 15 and until July 1 for orals. Students will know their baccalaureate results on July 5. The baccalaureate pass rate has exceeded 80% since 2012. Last year, nearly 94% of candidates passed the exam, a necessary condition for accessing higher education.