Close to 70% of Moroccan Students Passed 2021 Baccalaureate Exams

Rabat – Morocco’s Ministry of National Education announced that the success rate in the regular session for the national baccalaureate exam for 2021 is at 68.43%, compared to 63,08% last year. 

A source from the ministry told media outlets last week that the success rate during the regular cycle of the national baccalaureate degree exams was estimated at 74% in some regional academic establishments this year. 

The figures come amid serious competition between academies of the East and the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region to top the educational scene in Morocco.

Official data indicate that, compared to last year’s exams, the success rate increased this year in most of the regional academies of education and training, with varying rates ranging from two to eight points. 

Data also suggested the superiority of female students’ performance over their male classmates. 

According to a statement from the ministry, females made up 55.54 % of passing students. This is becoming a pattern as female baccalaureate candidates also outperformed their male classmates in last year’s exams. 

Out of the total of enrolled students, 52.72% of them passed with “honours”.

The highest mark recorded this year is 19.53, from the region of Marrakesh, in the physics department. 

The success rate in scientific fields reached 66.55%, while it stood at  73.29% in the field of literature and arts.

For candidates who sat for the international baccalaureate, the success rate reached 78.35%. Meanwhile, 59.52% of enrolled students were successful in the vocational baccalaureate.

For “free baccalaureate” candidates,  the success rate stands at 41.93%, against 30.61% in 2020. Of note is that the attendance rate of the latter reached 60.61%.

The success rate among candidates with a disability reached 67,63%.

The regional success rates last year reached 71.27% in the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region. Following were the Orient region with a success rate of 70.25%, the Fez-Meknes region with a success rate of 64.29%, and the Guelmim region with a success rate of 64.29%.