Coronavirus: the 2020 baccalaureate final exam will not take place

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The coronavirus epidemic, which continues to make hundreds of deaths a day in France, will have been right in the baccalaureate 2020 tests. A historic decision was taken by the French government this Friday, April 3: students will indeed be assessed thanks continuous assessment, that is to say with all of their grades awarded in class by their teachers during the three terms, excluding the confinement period.

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The students of Terminale in the general, technological and professional bac will be evaluated this year only via continuous monitoring, due to the epidemic of coronavirus, declared this Friday the Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer.

Only the oral French is maintained for the students of Première, he specified during a press conference. BEP, CAP and BTS students will also be assessed via continuous assessment. This is a historic decision in France since the baccalaureate, a national diploma attesting to the end of secondary studies, has existed since 1808, with a first written test appeared in 1830, and constitutes a symbolic moment in the life of French pupils.

No stress before the written exams this year, therefore. It is the " simplest, safest and fairest solution in the difficult times we live in, " added the Minister of Education, assuring that the objective was to ensure that none of the 2.1 million candidates will not be harmed.

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