2016 JC Results Not Impressive

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.