{"id":63306,"date":"2025-02-06T18:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bec-releases-2024-jce-results"},"modified":"2025-03-07T16:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:23:37","slug":"bec-releases-2024-jce-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bec-releases-2024-jce-results","title":{"rendered":"BEC Releases 2024 JCE Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) released the 2024 Junior Certificate Examination results<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A press release from BEC says 38.57 percent of the 45,284 candidates who sat for the 2024 JCE achieved grades C or better, compared to 37.10 percent in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the release highlights that the overall proportion of candidates who obtained grades E or better rose to 85.54 per cent, up from 83.10 percent in the previous year. The results indicate a significant improvement in the performance of government school candidates.<\/p>\n<p>According to the press release, &#8220;The overall performance of government schools only, the results for the 2024 JCE cohort indicate that the proportion of candidates obtaining credit grades; grades C or better is at 38.57 percent compared to 37.10 percent in 2023, indicating an improvement of 1.47 percent. The proportion of candidates obtaining pass grades; grades E or better is at 85.54 per cent compared to 83.10 percent in 2023, indicating a significant improvement of 2.44 percent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For all candidates, including both government and private students, the results showed that 36.28 per cent achieved credit passes, a rise from 34.24 percent in 2023. The percentage of candidates obtaining grades E or better also increased to 81.66 percent, compared to 77.79 percent in the prior year.<\/p>\n<p>The breakdown of results reveals that 16 candidates obtained Merit, 613 received grade A, 4 790 received grade B, 10 899 achieved grade C, 14 458 obtained grade D, 5 410 received grade E, while 6 107 candidates were ungraded. In comparison, the previous year had eight candidates achieving Merit, 440 receiving grade A, 4 326 earning grade B, 10 541 achieving grade C, 13 834 receiving grade D, 5 166 achieving grade E, and 6 860 ungraded.<\/p>\n<p>The press release further notes that results for candidates who did not meet the grading requirements were marked with the letter &#8220;X,&#8221; which is a temporary status that will be addressed during the inquiries about results period.<\/p>\n<p>Among the candidates, 22 278 were male, while 22 977 were female, with females outperforming their male counterparts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Botswana<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. 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