Bac remedial oral staggered to the end of Ramadan? – The Express

The religion is invited in exams tray 2016. The Muslim candidates may, if they wish to spend their remedial tests a day later than expected. The reason? The festival of Eid, which celebrates the end of Ramadan, falls on Wednesday along with oral tray for the unlucky.

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The application is however not coming graduates. A note was sent on 30 June by the House of examinations, a InterAcademy Service (SIEC), which manages the organization of baccalaureate throughout Île-de-France, the principals of the three academies -Paris, Versailles and Créteil. She asks them to indicate “soon” the number of candidates affected by this oral report, according to Le Parisien.

The 2004 circular and 2012

Vincent Goudet, director of the House of examinations, said on Monday have anticipated a coincidence of dates: “for ten days, we were approached by leaders of examination centers, which wondered about what to do for candidates or interrogators would apply for the Eid el Fitr. to meet this demand, we recalled the applicable regulations. ”

For teachers, a circular of the Public Service of 10 February 2012 states that those who request should be granted a leave of absence for a list of religious holidays, including Eid el Fitr. For bac is the circular of 18 May 2004 on the wearing of religious signs applies, indicating that the school institution “must make arrangements for any examination or major event will be organized the day of the great religious festivals. ” “As the date of Eid al Fitr is decided only a few days before, she could not be taken into account in the calendar Tray established months in advance,” said Vincent Goudet.

“One more element of disorganization”

Voices are raised to denounce this note. Friday, the main union of school leaders, the SNPDEN-Unsa, criticized in a statement the instructions Siec. “If the central leaders should interview all candidates whether they come or not, due to Eid, is, in practice, open a general law for all differ from one day their trials and for teachers, reduce one day their participation in the review, “estimated the leaders.

“In a precarious Bachelor, already marked by an unusual number of errors is add one more element of disruption. If it is decided that the religious calendar has priority over the baccalaureate exams, he must have the courage to assume, to give up all events on that day and to postpone the results of a day, “the SNPDEN. “There is no need for the House of examinations proposing any adaptation upstream, which assigns students to their religious practices, felt in Le Parisien Nicolas Cadène, the general rapporteur of the . Observatory of secularism “we anticipate a claim that has not yet been formulated: the factory itself the administration problem, we walk on the head!”, a blasted in Le Figaro Charles Arambourou responsible secularism of the Union of secular families (UFAL).

the ministry, he cracked a statement, reminding that “SIEC applied two circulars issued by previous governments “and that there are other dates” considered religious feasts “among Catholics, Orthodox, Armenians, Muslims, Jews and Buddhists.