Africa-Press – Botswana. The Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has released the 2025 Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) results, indicating an improvement in academic performance compared to the previous year.
A press release from the BEC says a total of 52 766 candidates wrote the 2025 examination, which was a decrease in candidature of 0.51 per cent from the 2024 candidature of 53 039.
The release says the 2025 cohort had 26 533 (50.28 per cent) males and 26 233 (49.72 per cent) females who outperformed their male counterparts in all subjects.
It also says the 2025 PSLE overall performance indicates that the proportion of candidates obtaining pass grades (Grade E or better) stands at 99.91 per cent compared to that of the previous year at 99.80 per cent, signifying that almost all candidates who sat the 2025 PSLE qualified for the award of the minimum grade.
It further says only 13 candidates were declared unclassified – denoted by letter U- while 34 candidates could not reach requirements for the award of a grade, denoted by letter X, which was mostly caused by absenteeism of candidates from the examination.
The proportion of candidates obtaining credit grades (Grade C or better), it says, has improved by 0.80 per cent, from 73.30 per cent in 2024 to 74.10 per cent this year.
While the percentage of candidates obtaining Grade A in this examination has increased by 0.30 per cent, from 21.10 per cent in 2024 to 21.40 per cent in 2025.
Additionally, the proportion of candidates obtaining Grade B or better has also improved, with an increase of 0.90per cent from 40.30 per cent in 2024 to 41.20 per cent this year.
According to BEC, the results indicate an improvement in performance at the qualification level compared to the previous year.
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