Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has released the 2016 Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) results and the nation is not impressed by the overall candidates performance. Overall performance indicates that 32.54% of candidates have been awarded Grade C or better compared to 33.41% in 2015, which represents an insignificant drop of 0.87%.
This year, no candidate has satisfied the requirement for the award of a Merit compared to one candidate obtaining Merit last year. 271 Candidates awarded grade A compared to 197 in 2015, which translates to an increase in the percentage of candidates awarded grade A (+0.18%). There is an insignificant decrease in the percentage of candidates awarded grade B (-0.37%) this year compared to 2015. The proportion of candidates at grade D decreased by 0.07% while at grade E there has been an increase of 0.74%.
Furthermore, in 2016, 7 105 (17.14%) candidates have failed to obtain an overall qualification grade compared to 6 932 (16.53%) in 2015, which is an increase of 0.61%. These are the candidates who have failed to meet the minimum requirement for a grade E and in the report are recorded under grade U.
