The governor of the South-West region, Boureima Savadogo gave the start of the baccalaureate exams on Tuesday June 18, 2024 in the said region at the Gaoua municipal high school. In the South-West region, 3925 candidates in all series including 2239 boys and 1686 girls are taking part in this session.
Students in final year classes in the South-West region, like others in Burkina Faso, began the baccalaureate exams on Tuesday June 18, 2024. There are a total of 3,925 candidates, 3,925 candidates in all series combined. These candidates are made up of 2239 boys and 1686 girls to take part in this exam in the region. The Gaoua Municipal High School, one of the examination centers, served as the official launch of the tests in the South-West. The candidates are divided into 16 juries, namely 3 juries in Diébougou in Bougouriba, 3 juries in Dano and 3 in Disshin in Ioba, 1 jury in Batié in Noumbiel, 5 juries in Gaoua and 1 jury in Kampti.
The body constituted by the region, headed by the governor, Boureima Sava
dogo, toured the rooms to encourage and wish good luck to the candidates. It is the room housing the first candidates (36 in total) for Bac C in the region, all from Gaoua scientific high school, that the governor officially launched the exam with the French test. Before opening the first envelope, Boureima Savadogo encouraged the candidates in the different rooms visited and provided them with advice on usage. He invited the candidates to be more diligent and to stay away from cheating. ‘Rely on your own luck. Recently there have been some unfortunate cases. The South-West region usually produces very good results. The discrepancies must not taint the credibility of our results,’ he told the candidates. At the first promotion candidate for the Bac series C in the region, he said he hoped that his candidates would do 100%. Same story, the regional director of post-primary and secondary education in the South-West region, Michel Somé, who urged 100% for this first vintage of Bac C. Furthermore, his wish is to
see results in the first and second rounds beyond last year. For their part, Bac C candidates say they are ready to take up the challenge. ‘I am very confident to achieve a 100% success rate. I also trusted our promotion to honor the region,’ declared Sami Dabiré. Like Sami Dabiré, Eléonore Dabiré affirmed that despite the stress, the promotion has an honor to respect and a challenge to take on. She said she was confident of the success of the entire promotion.
Source: Burkina Information Agency