1. Lebanese Baccalaureate

The number of candidates for the Lebanese Baccalaureate in its four sections amounted to 42,234 students, of which 39,796 (94.3%) took the exams and 30,953 passed, i.e. 72.8% of the students. There were supposed to be 11,281 candidates sitting for the exam in the second round, but the attendance rate was as low as 6,635 students (58.9%), of whom 2,057 passed. Thus, the total number of passing students amounted to 33,010 students or 78.1% of the candidates, compared to 30,351 passing students from a total of 40,270 candidates last year, i.e. 75.36%.

Like every year, the Socioeconomics branch recorded the largest number of candidates (18,556 students) while the Letters and Human Sciences branch recorded the lowest (2,512 students).

The highest pass rates were registered in the General Sciences section (83.12%) while the lowest were in the Socioeconomics program at 75.18%.

By Mohafaza, the South came in first in all 4 programs with the pass rate standing at 84.72%, followed by Nabatieh at 83.47%. The pass rate was the lowest in Beirut at 71.94%.

The following Table 1 illustrates the results by section and Mohafaza:

Source: Educational Information Unit at the Educational Center for Research and Development

General Sciences

5956 candidates sat for the General Sciences examination in Lebanon this year, of which 4955 or 83.2% passed. Last year’s pass rate stood at 79.34% with 4403 students passing from a total of 5549 candidates.

Mount Lebanon registered the highest participation rate, while the South registered the lowest with only 377 attendees. However, the highest pass rate was evident in the latter and stood at 95% in the two rounds. The following Table 1 details the results of the General Sciences examinations by Mohafaza.

Source: Educational Information Unit at the Educational Center for Research and Development

Life Sciences

The number of candidates sitting for the Letters and Humanities examination this year stood at 15,180 of whom 12,171 or 80.17% passed. Last year’s pass rate stood at 75.9% with 10,537 students passing from a total of 13,884 candidates. Mount Lebanon registered the highest participation rate, while the South registered the lowest. However, the pass rate was the highest in the latter at 88.53% and the lowest was registered in Beirut at 73.56%. The following Table 3 details the results of the Life Sciences examinations by Mohafaza.

Source: Educational Information Unit at the Educational Center for Research and Development

Socioeconomics

This section included the largest batch of students with 18,586 eligible candidates of whom 13,974 or 75.18% passed the examination against 18,276 last year, i.e. down by 310. Last year’s past rate stood at 74.7%.

By Mohafaza, the South recorded the highest pass rate at 80.55% while Beqa’a recorded the lowest at 62.96%. The following Table 4 illustrates the results of the Socioeconomics examinations by Mohafaza.

Source: Educational Information Unit at the Educational Center for Research and Development

Letters and Humanities

The lowest student turn out is often seen in this section. This year, 1910 students out of 2512 passed the Letters and Humanities examinations bringing the pass rate up to 76.3% against 68.4% last year when 1751 students passed from a total of 2561 candidates.

By Mohafaza, Nabatieh featured the highest pass rate at 90.7% while Beirut recorded the lowest at 53.2%. The following Table 5 illustrates the results of the Letters and Humanities examinations by Mohafaza.

Source: Educational Information Unit at the Educational Center for Research and Development

2. Brevet Exams

Of all 63 400 candidates who sat for the official Brevet exams, 44 692 passed- 43 432 in the first round and 1 260 in the second. The success rate stood at 70.5% compared to 66.8% in 2012 when 40 095 students out of 60 020 candidates passed the exams.

By Mohafaza, the highest success rate was recorded in Beirut at 75.64% followed by Nabatieh at 75.18%, while the lowest was in Beqa’a at 68.2%. The results of the Brevet exams by Mohafaza are highlighted in the following Table 6.

Source: Al-Liwaa Newspaper