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How to Earn Honors in the Moroccan Bac 2026?

Honors Fairly Good, Well, Very Good — how are they calculated at the Moroccan Bac and which strategies should you use for booster your average?

Orka Team

27 May 20265 min read
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Important: the thresholds of honors are fixés by the Ministère of the Éducation National. Consulte men.gov.ma for the informations officielles.

The honors at the Moroccan Bac is a distinction official — Fairly Good, Well or Very Good — attribuée according to the overall average obtenue in the exam. It not is not that a titre honorifique: it influe directement on your ranking in the post-Bac entrance exams — medicine, ENSA, ENCG — and on your crédibilité in the applications of registration. Understand how it is calculée is the first step for the cibler.

Découvre the grade that it te need at the National

Between your grades of Regional and continuous assessment for target your honors precisely.

The three honors levels

Very Good

≥ 16/20

The honors the more valorisée. Ouvre the portes some best streams post-Bac and can donner accès to some scholarships of excellence.

~5 % some candidates

Well

14 – 15,9/20

Honors solide, very appréciée in the applications for the CPGE, ENSA, ENCG and entrance exam medicine.

~10 to 15 % some candidates

Fairly Good

12 – 13,9/20

Honors standard. Allows the accès to the plupart some streams universitaires and améliore the application for the registrations.

~20 to 25 % some candidates

Reçu without honours

10 – 11,9/20

the student obtient its Bac but without avantage particulier in the entrance exam. The rattrapage can be évité if the grade is ≥ 10 directement.

~35 % some candidates

Moroccan Bac honors table

Tu connais already your average and tu veux know directement quelle honors it gives? Voici the table of correspondance complete.

Average generalHonors
≥ 16/20Very Good
14 – 15,9/20Well
12 – 13,9/20Fairly Good
10 – 11,9/20Reçu without honours
8 – 9,9/20Admitted at the rattrapage
< 8/20Ajourné

Between 8 and 10, the student is admitted at the rattrapage — the grade obtenue to this session remplace then the average initiale for the attribution of the honors.

How the average is calculated

The average at the Moroccan Bac is a weighted average by the coefficients. Each subject has a poids différent for your stream. The formula is simple:

Average = Σ(grade_i × coeff_i) / Σ(coeff_i)

Cela signifie that improve in the subjects with a high coefficient has a impact beaucoup more major on your average finale. A student in Sciences Maths Has who améliore its grade of maths of 12 to 16 gagne quasiment autant that it it passait all its other subjects of 12 to 14.

High-impact subjects by stream

Sciences Maths A (SMA)

Mathematics

Chapters of analysis and complex numbers — faites all the exercises types

×9

Physics and Chemistry

Electricity and mechanics are the more représentées

×5

SVT

Genetics and immunology — memorization some mécanismes key

×3

Sciences Physiques et Chimiques (PC)

Physics and Chemistry

All the branches — equilibrium chimique, mechanics, electricity

×7

Mathematics

Analysis and differential equations prioritaires

×7

SVT

Quelques revision suffisent for not not perdre some points easy

×5

Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre (SVT)

SVT

Immunology, genetics, geology — schémas annotés obligatoires

×7

Physics and Chemistry

Mechanics and optics principalement

×5

Mathematics

Statistics and analysis — often négligés but accessibles

×5

Four strategies to improve your grade

1

Vise 0 point perdu on the questions of lesson

The questions of definition, of rappel of theorem or of law are gratuites. Not the rate never — they comptent autant that the exercises complexes.

2

Soigne the présentation and the rédaction

The correcteurs Bac accordent some points of method. A answer well structurée, with units correctes and conclusion claire, can valoir a demi-point supplémentaire by question.

3

Cible the subjects with a high coefficient

A progress of 2 points in maths (coeff 9 in SMA) equals autant that 9 points in English (coeff 2). Priorise according to the coefficients of your stream.

4

Réfléchis to the subjects where tu es already fort

Passer of 14 to 18 in a subject maîtrisée is more easy that of passer of 6 to 12 in a subject difficult. Consolide your points forts in priorité.

Frequently asked questions

Quelle is the difference between the honorss at the Moroccan Bac?

There are trois honorss at the Moroccan Bac: Fairly Good for a average between 12 and less of 14/20, Well for a average between 14 and less of 16/20, and Very Good for a average equal or higher to 16/20. In dessous of 12, the student is reçu without honours. The Very Good honours is particulièrement valorisée for the post-Bac entrance exams.

The honors of the Moroccan Bac is-it importante for the orientation post-Bac?

Oui, the honors joue a role important in of nombreux post-Bac entrance exams in Morocco. For the entrance exam to the medicine, to the ENSA, to the ENCG or to the CPGE, the grade of the Bac — and therefore the honors — between in the calculation of the ranking. A Very Good honours can do the difference between deux candidates to profil similaire.

How calculate its average at the Moroccan Bac?

The average at the Moroccan Bac is a weighted average by the coefficients of each subject. Multiply the grade of each subject by its coefficient, additionne all these produits, puis divise by the somme totale some coefficients. The subjects with a high coefficient (maths, physics, SVT for your stream) have therefore a impact proportionnellement more major on your average finale.

Quelle honors with 15 of average at the Moroccan Bac?

A average of 15/20 gives the Good honors (tranche 14 to 15,9/20). It manque 1 point for reach the threshold of the Very Good honours, fixé to 16/20.

Exists-t-it honors « Excellent » at the Moroccan Bac?

Non, it not exists not of honors « Excellent » at the Moroccan Baccalaureate. The honors the more high is Very Good, attribuée from 16/20. The terme « Excellent » is sometimes utilisé to tort by confusion with of other systems of notation.

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