Casablanca- The number of Moroccan candidates who are expected to sit for the national baccalaureate exams this year has climbed to 502,127 candidates. This figure marks an increase of 4.7% over 2013, according to the Ministry of National Education.
According to the Moroccan daily Les Eco, this increase in the number of candidates sitting for their baccalaureate exams concerns both public and private educational institutions in the kingdom.
Clearly, the number of candidates sitting for the baccalaureate exams has been gradually increasing. In 2013, 484,778 candidates sat for the exams, which marked an increase of 8% over 2012.
Out of the 502,127 candidates this year, 236,440 are students of the arts and humanities and 265,687 of sciences. Both categories have witnessed an increase of 7.9% and 2% respectively compared to 2013, according to the same source.
In a recent press release, the Ministry of National Education declared that 24,240 rooms in 1,500 examination centers, located in different regions, will be reserved for the upcoming baccalaureate exams. 50,000 overseers and 1,800 monitors and supervisors will ensure the smooth running of exams. Moreover, 40,000 people will be in charge of correcting more than 3.6 million exam sheets.
The Ministry did not make any predictions concerning the likely success rate for this year’s baccalaureate exams. Besides its efforts to ensure the smooth running of the baccalaureate exams this year, the Ministry of National Education is working on the establishment of criteria to be implemented at the national level, in a serious bid to ensure equal opportunities for candidates and credibility of the results.
Edited by Elisabeth Myers
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