JCE 2017 results show slight improvement

According to a statement released by BEC, overall performance indicates that 33.80% of candidates have been awarded Grade C or better compared to 32.54% in 2016, which represents an increase of 1.26 percent.

This year only two candidates obtained Merit. “(There are) 376 out of 40,896 (0.92%) candidates awarded Grade A (for 2017) compared to 271 out of 41,464 in 2016, which translates to an increase in the percentage of candidates awarded Grade A (0.27%). There is 3,875 B (passes) (9.48%) compared to 3,465 (8.36%) in 2016, which is also an increase of (1.12 percent). This year Grade C slightly went down by 0.13% with 9,568 (23.40%) candidates compared to 9,757 (23.53%) in 2016,” it noted. The statement highlights that the proportion of candidates at Grade D decreased by 0.78% from 15.02% in 2016 to 14.24% in 2017.