The results of the first session of the baccalaureate have been released. 196,664 candidates were able to succeed, a success rate of 63.08%, down 2.47 points from last year.
Safia Lahbib, 17, brilliantly obtained her baccalaureate with an overall average of 19.19/20 in Physical Sciences (French option), the highest average recorded in the Marrakech-Safi region.
196,664 candidates were able to obtain their baccalaureate, a pass rate of 63.08%, compared to 65.55% in 2019. The Ministry of National Education announced this on Wednesday in a press release.
Cheating has dropped sharply during the baccalaureate exams in Morocco. This is what the Ministry of National Education has just affirmed, speaking of a 30% drop.
Several hundred candidates for the 2020 baccalaureate exam were arrested for cheating during the first exam session.
A 17-year-old girl committed suicide in her home in Tifelt. She took her own life by hanging on the terrace of the parental home in El Amal.
The Moroccan authorities, in coordination with the urban transport companies, are mobilizing to offer candidates for the baccalaureate exam, free transportation throughout the duration of the composition. The Ministry of National Education has welcomed this civic involvement for the benefit of the candidates who need it in these times of severe restrictions.
Prince Moulay El Hassan , the son of King Mohammed VI, could take his Baccalaureate exams in Skhirat. Last year, it was at the public high school Dar Essalam in Rabat that he had taken, with 9 of his classmates, the exams of the first year of the Baccalaureate.
Some 441,238 candidates will take the baccalaureate exam this year. Moroccan students show a particular interest in international streams compared to scientific and literary streams.
Preparations are well underway for the safe organization of the 2020 baccalaureate. For this special edition, the government announced on Thursday, June 18, the deployment of additional resources and the implementation of strict measures.
The physical education exam is canceled for all free candidates, even those who have already taken it as part of the 2020 unified national baccalaureate exam.
The number of regularly registered candidates for the baccalaureate (various branches) this year is 441,000 candidates.