Ouagadougou: The Governor of the Center region, Abdoulaye Bassinga, on Tuesday invited candidates from his zone to be relaxed and to concentrate on their papers.
‘We have come to convey to you the government’s encouragement. Be relaxed, concentrate on your papers, stay calm because you will be evaluated on the basis of what you have learned during the nine months,’ declared the Governor of the region, Abdoulaye Bassinga, on Tuesday to candidates from the Venegré municipal high school. from Ouagadougou.
According to figures from the regional directorate in charge of secondary education, 40,642 candidates including 22,930 girls, divided into 158 juries, take part in the Baccalaureate exam session 2024 in the Center region.
The candidates say they are calm because they have prepared accordingly to face the tests.
However, they admitted, ‘there is stress but it is natural, we must be able to evacuate it from the first minute’.
The regional director in charge of secondary education, Henri Prospère Paré, reass
ured that the observations of field stakeholders will be taken into account to improve the grade processing software developed by the ministry.
Nationally this year, 120,767 candidates, ie 57,745 boys and 63,022 girls, are seeking baccalaureate diplomas compared to 137,461 in 2023.
Source: Burkina Information Agency