Paris – 2015 Bachelor: almost nine out of ten candidates still … – The Express

In 2014, the near-final success rate of oral –After catching but before septembre– replacement session had reached the historic level of 87.9%.

This stability masks contrasting developments in more ways: the success rate rose by 0.6 percentage points to the general baccalaureate to 91.5%, it is unchanged for technology tray 90.6% but fell by 1.6 points to 80.3% Professional tray.

The proportion of graduates in a generation, however, was down 1.1 points year on year to 77.2%. This decrease is explained by the fact that there have been 7,000 candidates less, according to Catherine Moisan, Director of Statistics branch of the Department of Education (DEPP).

“ This is the first year ” since the reform of vocational baccalaureate, which reduced this curriculum from four to three years, where there remained no candidate in preparing the four years, Ms. Moisan said.

A total of 617,900 candidates have become graduates this year.

The Minister of National Education Najat Vallaud-Belkacem praised in a statement “ students and their teachers to the very good results of all high school routes ” .

More than half of the graduates are general graduates. Among them, the success rate crumbles 0.1 points in the scientific series (S) to 91.8%, up 0.6 point literary series (L) 90.6% and climbing 1 5 point economic and social series (ES) 91.2%.

– 19.5% of mentions good and very good –

In the technological route, the success rate stabilizes after “ a net increase since 2006 ,” says the DEPP in a note.

In the vocational route, the decline is “ particularly pronounced in the service sectors ” while the success rate increases slightly in the production sector.

There are now 60,000 pro graduates more than before the reform that route in 2010, praised Ms. Moisan, noting that this tray “ protection against unemployment “.

A little less than half of all graduates in 2015, 46.2% have got a mention, a slight increase of 0.2 points compared with 2014.

The proportion of graduates with honors increased by 1.4 point in the general route to 53.4% ​​and increased by 0.7 point in the technological route to 43.1%. However it yields 2.6 points in the vocational route to 36.9%.

“ very ” statements and “ very ” were awarded to nearly one candidate in five (19.5%).

Of the students who have passed the remedial trials, 70.5% ended up having their tank in the general way, 68.8% in the technological route, but only 52.5% in the vocational route.

academy, Corsica has the best success rate in general and technological tray to 95.1%, while the Academy of Rennes, always good student, shows 93.9%. Among the best rates also include academies of Nantes, Strasbourg and Lyon. Among the lowest rates in France include the Amiens Academy with 88.9%. In Mayotte, the success rate was 69.8%, a strong increase of 7.4 points.

The final figures of the baccalaureate 2015 will be published after the September session replacement, reserved for candidates who had an impediment in June.