![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
- About 533,000 terminale candidates sat the philosophy paper on Monday, June 15, choosing between two dissertation topics or a text commentary depending on their stream.
- Exam centres followed tight confidentiality and logistics: sealed subjects in single-key safes, multiple recounts of copies, and next-day scanning for secure transmission to correctors.
- Education Minister Édouard Geffray has emphasised stronger enforcement of 'mastery of language' and inspectors will provide barèmes that may deduct points for manifestly poor expression.
- Specialty written exams continued on June 16–17, the grand oral is scheduled for June 22–July 1, and official results are set for July 7, with specialty scores carrying a large share of terminal assessment.
- Students reported mixed reactions after the philo test, while teacher unions have pressed for clearer, fast delivery of the marking scales and tens of thousands of correctors remain mobilised under the new procedures.