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Rabat – A nine-year-old student from the Strasbourg Academy will sit for the baccalaureate exam in France on June 18.
The case of the primary school-aged student went viral over the weekend, with converging media identifying the case as “unprecedented precocity for this exam.”
The French National Education office announced that the student is registered as an independent candidate for this session, which starts on June 18 with the philosophy exam.
Reports said the young candidate recently took special tests that correspond to continuous assessment.
“Last year, at the age of 8, she already took the preliminary French exams,” TDG reported on Friday.
The French education ministry said that the candidate’s record is a “precocity” for passing this end-of-school exam, usually taken at the age of 18.
This year’s baccalaureate exams in France include 728,164 candidates. The oldest candidate is 76 years old.
Previously, the youngest candidates were generally aged between 12 and 13 years old, Director General of School Education, Edouard Geffray, said.
Last year, the youngest candidate who sat for the baccalaureate exam in France was 12 years old.
Moroccan students will also sit for baccalaureate exams starting Monday, June 10.
Over 493 candidates will take the national exam this year, Morocco’s Ministry of Education announced earlier this month.
Of these candidates, 373,087 are enrolled students, with 87% in the public sector, and 54% are girls, demonstrating a notable representation of girls in the examination pool.
The minister further detailed that 73% of candidates are pursuing scientific and technical branches, while 26% are in literary branches. Also, 55% of candidates are enrolled in international programs.
