Special arrangements for the Grand Oral, 2021 session
Special arrangements for the Grand Oral exam
The first edition of the Grand Oral takes place this year: as the culmination of a course of study, this exam assesses essential skills, in particular the mastery of personal, structured and reasoned speech, the ability to develop a line of thought clearly and convincingly, to engage in dialogue and debate, and to take a critical distance from acquired knowledge and from one's own study plans.
Given how differently students have been able to prepare for this new exam, several special arrangements are being made for this 2021 session:
- During the first part of the exam, a 5-minute presentation, each candidate will be allowed to use the notes they wrote during their 20-minute preparation
- During the second part of the exam, an interview, the candidate will be allowed to use a medium, such as a board, to illustrate or explain what they say (to write an equation, sketch a map, etc.)
- Finally, each candidate will give the jury a description, signed by their specialty teachers and by the head of their school, listing any parts of the syllabus that could not be studied.
