![Ce lundi 15 juin, entre 8 heures et 12 heures, a lieu l'épreuve de philosophie du baccalauréat. [Frederick FLORIN / AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/145181712/745b7382eb3931946d1b4cb34b8c91c7eab9bc4f1378ff02d137395ddccbf2af)
![Plus d’un demi-million de lycéens ont planché ce lundi matin sur cette première épreuve du bac. [Nicolas Guyonnet / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/145445257/4772baf6074d3edc02c4c94e2619e5245116145192eb8b5ee24cd26a3c71caa2)
Overview
- The written baccalauréat began with the philosophy exam given from 8:00 to 12:00 on Monday, June 15, which about 532,999 candidates in the general and technological tracks sat.
- Education Minister Édouard Geffray publicly said he “wishes that no more exams take place in the afternoon,” a position announced before the session that rules out moving tests to other months for now.
- Specialty written papers started in the mornings on June 16–17, the grand oral is set for June 22 to July 1, and results for the full session will be published on July 7.
- Exam centres implemented strict security and logistics measures including sealed envelopes, single keyholders for safes, multiple recounts and digital scanning of copies, and local heat mitigations such as ventilators and shade recommendations.
- The ministry also tightened grading on written expression this year by instructing inspectors to apply barèmes that can subtract points for manifestly insufficient language, a change students and unions say adds pressure during an already stressful session.