You have four hours. This year, more than 540,000 candidates from the general and technological sectors will work on a theme, including justice, truth or even religion.
The written examination for the philosophy baccalaureate begins Tuesday June 18 at 8 a.m., and these final year students, as well as independent candidates, will have to cover one of the subjects proposed among two essays and an explanation of the text. They will be revealed around 9:15 a.m. by the Ministry of National Education. Follow our live stream.
The return of all the events in June. After philosophy, the candidates will take the written specialty tests between Wednesday and Friday, then the grand oral between June 24 and July 3. Enough to mark the big return of specialty events in June, and no longer in March. This calendar, desired by the former Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, had been criticized as a source of absenteeism and demotivation among certain students, sometimes assured of obtaining their diploma even before the last term.
Journey up in the minds. For some students, however, revising for the exam was difficult, as the new timetable overlapped with that of Parcoursup. Training admission results indeed fall in droplets since May 30. In what state of mind does one take their baccalaureate when the higher education platform has already delivered a negative or uncertain verdict? “It demobilized them, they have a very strong feeling of failure”testifies on franceinfo Virginie Pregny, English teacher at Henri-Bergson high school, in Paris.
The first year students have already worked on writing French. Olympe de Gouges, François Rabelais, Wajdi Mouawad… QSome 535,000 first-year general or technological students have already taken the French baccalaureate on Friday. They are now focusing on oral, the dates of which are set by each academy.