Bac 2022: postponed specialty lessons, dates?

Specialty lessons: when will they take place?

[Mise à jour du 24 janvier 2022 à 11h25]. While most baccalaureate exams take place in June, Terminale students will begin this session with the first exams relating to their two specialty courses. According to the dates announced by the Ministry of National Education, these 2022 baccalaureate exams must take place from March 14 to 16. But the teachers’ and principals’ unions are calling for a postponement of these early tests due to the health crisis. The main secondary school union, the SNES-FSU, as well as SNALC, are asking that these tests be postponed to June. “Teachers and students are in a race against time to prepare for these tests, which causes unacceptable stress among students“, thus explains the SNALC to Les Echos. A postponement deemed too late by the union of school heads (SNPDEN-Unsa) which pleads for a postponement in May, when returning from vacation, with consideration of the two grades, that of the continuous assessment and the specialty test. This claim is not, however, shared by the representatives of high school students who wish the maintenance of the tests in March with an adjustment of the tests such as the possibility for high school students to choose between the continuous assessment mark and that of the specialty test. Some elected high school students also plead for a modification of the scales and a duplication of subjects for all disciplines. After having received the unions and the representatives of the elected high school students, Jean-Michel Blanquer should decide during this week of January 24.

Bac 2022: what is changing?

For this new session, the modalities of the next diploma of the general and technological baccalaureate will be adjusted. The evaluation of each course and discipline is however clarified: from now on, none of them is evaluated cumulatively by the continuous control and by the terminal control, said the Ministry of National Education in a July 9 press release. The objective: to strengthen the new baccalaureate, and encourage high school students to get involved throughout the school year. Concerning the specialty lessons, the content of the programs will be recalibrated to better adapt to the progression of student learning.

What are the dates for the 2022 baccalaureate?

the baccalaureate exam schedule was unveiled on September 30, 2021.

Dates of the general and technological baccalaureate :

• The tests relating to the two specialty courses followed in the final class will take place from March 14 to March 16, 2022. They could nevertheless be postponed to June, announced Jean-Michel Blanquer on January 13.
• The philosophy test will be held on June 15, 2022
• Students will pass the Grand Oral between June 20 and July 1, 2022.

Dates of the professional baccalaureate:

• The written and practical tests on computer media will take place between May 23 and June 3, 2022;
• The general education written tests will be held between June 14 and 24, 2022;
• The professional tests are subject to a specific and variable calendar according to the specialty concerned.

Dates of the French baccalaureate 2022

Advance written French tests will take place on Thursday, June 16, 2022, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

When will the baccalaureate results take place?

• In 2022, candidates will know whether or not they have graduated from the baccalaureate, from Tuesday 5 July
• Replacement written tests will take place from Wednesday 7 to Friday 9 and Monday 12 September 2022 for the general and technological baccalaureates.

Bac 2022: what coefficients?

Final or anticipated tests

Of the 100 coefficients, 60 would be obtained in the context of anticipated tests or final tests:

• Advance examinations for the French baccalaureate at the end of first year (written, coefficient 5; oral, coefficient 5);
• The two tests for specialty lessons followed in terminale (coefficient 16 for each of them);
• The philosophy (coefficient 8 in the general route, 4 in the technological route);
• The Grand Oral Baccalaureate (coefficient 10 in the general route, 14 in the technological route).

Continuous control coefficients

40 of these coefficients would be obtained with continuous control calculated according to the student’s general average, which takes into account the averages for the year of the final cycle school report cards.

• All the disciplines of the common core which are not the subject of final tests (modern languages ​​A and B, history-geography, physical education and sports, scientific education for the general route, mathematics for the technological route) would have a coefficient of 6 (3 in 1st, 3 in terminal);
• Specialty education (abandoned at the end of first year) would have a coefficient of 8 (ie half of the specialty education retained by the candidate in the final year);
• Moral and civic education will have a coefficient of 2 (1 in première, 1 in terminale). It contributes to the acquisition of the values ​​of the Republic and secularism, and will thus be distinguished in the evaluation.

Are common assessments removed?

Yes, the Ministry of National Education indeed wishes replace these joint assessments with “continuous monitoring more flexible, supporting learning and conducted within the framework of the class”. The equal treatment of pupils must nevertheless be preserved, in particular by disseminating national benchmarks to the teaching teams.

Continuous monitoring is based on the annual averages of the results obtained during the final cycle by candidates educated in public education and in private education under contract. It will also be taken into account as part of the Parcoursup orientation procedure. To ensure that continuous monitoring is fair between students, teachers will be trained, and an assessment guide, drawn up by the General Inspectorate for Education, Sport and Research, will be extended from the first and made available from the start of the school year in September 2021.

“All optional courses would be assessed according to the same methods as part of continuous assessment established from the annual averages of the averages affixed to the school report cards” specifies the Ministry of Education. Thus, an optional course followed throughout the final cycle would be evaluated with a coefficient of 4, which will be added to the 100 common coefficients for the 2022 baccalaureate. if the student follows an optional course only in the final year (such as law and the major challenges of the contemporary world, expert mathematics and complementary mathematics), the coefficient will be 2. Note that all optional courses cannot exceed more than 14 coefficients distributed as follows: 6 in first, i.e. 3 optional courses; 8 in terminale, i.e. 4 optional lessons. “For example, a candidate having thus followed an optional course over the two years of the final cycle would be assessed on the expanded basis of 104 coefficients. The marks he would have obtained in this optional course would be considered in their entirety”, specifies the press release. .

The Grand Oral focuses on two specialty courses. During the 20 minutes of preparation for the Grand oral (first part of the test with a 5-minute presentation), students can take notes and use them for the speaking exercise. During the second part of the test (interview), “the candidate can use a support, such as a table, to illustrate or explain his remarks (to put an equation on it, sketch a map, etc.)”.

Tray adjustments: from when?

“These adjustments concerning the entire final cycle would be fully implemented for the 2023 session of the general and technological baccalaureates” precise ministry. However, some of these changes will be implemented for the 2022 baccalaureate. Indeed, optional lessons will be taken into account up to 2 coefficients from this year. Moral and civic education for final year students will be assessed at 1%, and the final control tests (philosophy and specialty lessons) will not be taken into account in the continuous control.

Mentions in the baccalaureate: what averages?

The usual mentions are maintained this year. But from what grade do we get a mention in the baccalaureate ?

• Mention Fairly well for an average between 12 and 14
• Mention Bien : between 14 and 16
• Honors : between 16 and 18;
• Mention Very good with the congratulations of the jury for an average greater than 18.