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Draft Report on European Baccalaureate 2017

4.6.2 Most popular oral choices

The five most widely chosen options for the oral examinations in 2017 were: Language II (English
(827), Philosophy 2, Biology 2, Geography 2 and History 2.

Percentage
Number of Number of Percentage of Number of Percentage of
Options of oral of
examinations candidates candidates candidates candidates candidates candidates
BAC 2015 BAC 2016 BAC 2016 BAC 2017 BAC 2017
BAC 2015
LANGUAGE II 1026 57.03% 1070 56.76% 1164 58.40%

PHILOSOPHY 2 753 41.86% 827 43.87% 870 43.65%

BIOLOGY 2 754 41.91% 368 19.52% 359 18.01%
GEOGRAPHY 2 304 16.90% 313 16.60% 330 16.56%

HISTORY 2 274 15.23% 278 14.75% 256 12.84%

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
L2 93,16% 56,06% 57,03% 56,76% 58,43%
Philo2 35,55% 43,66% 41,86% 43,87% 43,63%
Bio2 18,03% 18,50% 17,62% 19,52% 18,00%
Geo2 54,09% 15,04% 16,90% 16,60% 16,60%
His2 50,32% 16,77% 15,23% 14,75% 12,84%

The drop in L2 oral examinations can be explained by the fact that, as from session 2013, L2 was not
a compulsory option anymore at orals.

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