Tunisian Baccalaureate
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General Presentation
Tunisian Baccalaureate was founded by the beginning of the Tunisian French warTunisian War of Independence
The processes of the Tunisian Independence occurred from 1952 to 1956 between France and a independentist movement under Habib Bourguiba. Bourguiba became the first President of the new nation after negotiations with France that led to the independence....
(1881–1956) just in 1891.
Educators followed when editing its structure, the French One known as Baccalauréat
Baccalauréat
The baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...
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Although it was recognized in some developped countries until the late seventies, it losts its reputation and its value, that's why many states require some diplomas, equivalency attestations, degrees, tests, examinations &c... to let examinees who had succeeded the Tunisian Baccalaureate to access job markets or universities as Cambridge A/AS Level, Cambridge Pre-U
Cambridge Pre-U
Cambridge Pre-U is a new UK qualification from University of Cambridge International Examinations that is an alternative to the current A Level qualification, which is considered by some to have become devalued...
, Baccalauréat
Baccalauréat
The baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...
français, SAT reasoning Test
SAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
et ACT test.
However, pupils who had passed the test have the choice of continuing studies in some colleges in France and Quebec
- In normal cases, the Principal session occurs each year in the early June (11, 12, 13 June for example)
- Narrow Failers'control session happens in the late June
- Results are shown in the fourth week of June, for Principal session examinees. As for the other session examinees, it would be shown by the First week of July.
Equivalency Problems
Many people admit that Tunisian Baccalaureate
Tunisiais like a Grade-12 Certificate and they recognized it so. Therefore, that's not true, Tunisians sit for Baccalaureate exam as they are 19 years-old, that's why the Tunisian Baccalaureate is like the A-Level, the CEGEP 1 
Early Modern France and the MaturaMatura
Matura or a similar term is the common name for the high-school leaving exam or "maturity exam" in various countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia,...
19 Years Old and not like the Baccalauréat
Baccalauréat
The baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...
Early Modern France and the Cambridge Pre-UCambridge Pre-U
Cambridge Pre-U is a new UK qualification from University of Cambridge International Examinations that is an alternative to the current A Level qualification, which is considered by some to have become devalued...
18 Years Old or like the General Secondary Examination
Egypt... or other K-12 and post-16 examinationsFor Tunisian Schools' examinees, This matter had increased with the new way to count Baccalaureate Average. Created in 2002, it consists in adding 25% of the Annual Scholar Year
Year
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Average
Average
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(out of 20) with 75% of the real Baccalaureate Average (out of 20) to obtain a Global Baccalaureate Average which would be used in doing Examinees' Rankings which will be used in the university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
access or orientation
Student orientation
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1891, First session of Baccalaureate in Tunisia and then...
The First Tunisian Baccalaureate was just a part of the French One edited with the ideas of Jules FerryJules Ferry
Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion.- Early life :Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but soon went into politics, contributing to...
As for the participation, few people were examinees (under 500)
From 1891 to 1916, succeeded people was under 120.with an average of 5 pupils per year for all a quarter of century. But, in 1927, the number of real Tunisian passers was 27 and in 1938, this number had increased to 58
Useful to know that till the middle seventies, The Tunisian Baccalaureate had two parts (a 5th Year of Secondary Education Grade 11 Passing Test and a 6th Year of Secondary Education Grade 12 Passing Test including two skills: Speaking and Writingfor each subject and even Mathematics) in each one of its versions (Arabic as well as French).
From 1976 till now, Baccalaureate has became in one bilingual French-Arabic Version (taken when having 19 Years Old Grade 12 + 1 Year of Education including only written tests in all subjects) with two session, with a special accessibility version for needy and handicaped people entries.
1957, First Post-Independence Baccalaureate
The First edition of a 100% Tunisian Programme Baccalaureate occurred the 31 May 1957it was a great memory for the Tunisian education
In fact, after 66 years of a French Programme Examination of Baccalaureate in Tunisia, Tunisian citizens have the right to dream and edit a baccalaureate that seems to obey to their needs and opportunity in the construction of the state
- With a 1900 examinees include 1400 from the Tunis GovernorateTunis GovernorateTunis Governorate the smallest and most populated of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It covers an area of and has a population of 984,000...
and 500 from the other sides of the country, a challenge began...
Though the anxiety of exam, the challenge came true... and over 600 pupils succeeded the exam from which exists more than 50 Pass with Merit Grade Pupils
1957 Laureates
Specialities
There are 7 specialities of Tunisian Baccalaureate which are:- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
- Experimental Sciences
- TechnologyTechnologyTechnology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
: include Other Countries' ProfessionalProfessionalA professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
BaccalaureateBachelor's degreeA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
disciplineAcademic disciplineAn academic discipline, or field of study, is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined , and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies and academic departments or faculties to...
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- EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
- ICTInformation and communication technologiesInformation and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
- LiteratureLiteratureLiterature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
- Sports
The Examination Record: 2010
In 2010, Asma Souid from Pilot Secondary SchoolSecondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
of Ariana had obtained a 20 out of 20 in her Experimental Science Baccalaureate Exam. it was a high performance in Tunisia...
The event was followed by world medias and the test was criticized by many channels from them, Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Useful to know that further this record, a success rate record had occurred (over 50% in the Principal Session)...it was the highest one from 2002, this number has been confirmed in 2011 Edition of the Tunisian Baccalaureate with a rate of 52.33 %
External links
- http://www.bacweb.tn/ Tunisian Baccalaureate Portal
- http://www.edunet.tn/ Tunisian Education Portal
- http://www.education.gow.tn/ Tunisian Ministry of Education Website
- http://www.bac.tn/ Tunisian Baccalaureate Online Results