Anglais Série A4

• Session 2025 (1er tour)

Épreuve officielle — BAC A4 2025 — Éducation

Text : Who is to blame?

There is much talk these days of mass failure in our schools. Many students are eager to go to school and many parents are anxious to send their children to school. This enthusiasm has made our classrooms overcrowded, considering that the demand for school is far higher than the number of schools available, especially government schools.

However, this enthusiasm is not seen once the students are admitted into the schools. Very few of them pass examinations to the next class or pass official examinations. When this happens, the blame is put on the teachers. But studies show that teachers are not the only ones responsible for this failure. There are many other factors such as late payment of school fees by parents, failure to buy textbooks by parents, the presence of drinking parlours and « game houses » near schools, which attract the students. Some students actually do not have the enthusiasm to study. Others are forced to study general or technical education against their will. The environment in which the students live also contributes to the success or failure. We also have socio-cultural factors that hinder success in schools today. Some students play all the time.

Hence, we see that although the teacher is the facilitator or catalyst of the learning process, he is not the only one who determines whether students pass or fail. We are all involved. As such, each time students fail, we should each examine ourselves and see the role we played in that failure. The educational process involves many people.

Questions

1. Answer the following questions
   1. Why are the classes of government schools very crowded?
   2. What causes this overcrowding?

• a) Who is solely blamed for the failure?

• b) Why? 4. Give three reasons why students fail.

1. Translate into French the last paragraph.
2. Essay : Choose any ONE of the three topics below and write an essay of about 150 to 200 words.
   1. Describe a traditional marriage ceremony in your village.
   2. Jealousy. Causes, effects and possible solutions.
   3. Write a speech to young people on what people should do to protect our environment.