"It didn't really feel like an Eid holiday because my daughter was studying four or five hours every day for her official
French baccalaureate exams, which start this week and last till June 15.
Until, surprisingly, on the day of the
French baccalaureate results, I was checking my grades--knowing that exams are anonymously corrected, and by teachers from other schools--and I got 19 out of 20.
Imperial College London also requires three A-levels and rather than demanding a fourth they are more concerned with the grades of the student, also taking into account school leaving qualifications from other countries, such as the
French Baccalaureate, the German Abitur and USA qualifications.
"The elite and brightest students are now taking the
French baccalaureate or the IB program, while those who are unable to do one of those are obliged to do the Lebanese program," Rodolphe Abboud, head of the Teachers' Union, told The Daily Star.
It was a pattern replicated throughout his school years and resulted in Olaoluwa sitting the
French Baccalaureate (an exam to pass out of high school) when he was only 13, achieving the best results in mathematics, and obtaining this qualification when he was just 14.
Unlike well-established and respected examples, including the
French Baccalaureate, the International Baccalaureate, and the Welsh Baccalaureate, the so-called "English Bacc" recently announced by Michael Gove fulfils none of these criteria.
One said he wants to take the
French baccalaureate exam at the same time as his 15-year-old daughter.
Castaneda the younger received the
French Baccalaureate from the Lycee Franco-Mexicain in Mexico City.
It isn't until after freshman year in college, after the
French baccalaureate, that students are supposed to articulate and design their own arguments.
The new diploma is likely to be something like the International Baccalaureate, which was based on the
French Baccalaureate, which covers a range of subjects although pupils can specify a general slant to their studies, such as languages, science, etc .
Lyon's original foundation, the Cite Scolaire Internationale de Lyon, provides education to many foreign students, but principally within the
French Baccalaureate system.