Nearly half a million candidates sat for Morocco’s unified national Baccalaureate exam for the 2024-2025 academic year, the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports said on Thursday.
A total of 495,395 candidates took the exams, including 385,330 enrolled students and 110,065 independent candidates, the ministry pointed out in a press release.
Private school students accounted for 11% of candidates. The majority were in scientific and technical streams (64%), followed by literary and original streams (35%), and vocational fields (1%).
The regular session of the Baccalaureate exam began on Thursday and will run through Monday, June 2. A resit session is scheduled for July 3–7, the ministry said. Results for the regular session will be released on June 14, and resit results will follow on July 12.
To support the exams, authorities mobilized 1,995 exam centers, equipped with nearly 30,000 classrooms, and deployed 50,600 invigilators, 1,995 observers, and 43,000 markers.
The ministry said 597 exam papers were prepared across both sessions, including 231 adapted for students with disabilities. A new ministerial decree detailing organizational procedures was published ahead of the exams, along with an electronic guide for candidates.
Efforts to prepare students throughout the year included psychological support, group revision sessions, and anti-cheating awareness campaigns.
As part of broader reforms, the ministry has implemented digitized secret numbering of exam papers to improve transparency and reduce errors.
MAP: 30 mai 2025
