Nanogang, Orapa, Makhubu Top JC Results
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe | Monday January 23, 2017 17:39
Nanogang registered 12 As, 82 Bs, 101 Cs, with 48 and 12 attaining Ds and Es respectively.
Orapa JSS is number two on the national leader board with a 72.1% pass rate, with 145 of their 201 attaining a pass that comprises three As, 57 Bs, 85 Cs, 47 Ds and nine Es.
Selebi-Phikwe’s Makhubu is number three nationally with 68.6% pass as 127 of their 185 final year students passed with five of their students getting As followed by 38 Bs, 84 Cs, 48 Ds and eight Es.
Sir Seretse Khama JSS (63.4%), Bonnington JSS (63.2%), Moselewapula JSS(62.8), Kgale Hill JSS(62%), all from Gaborone, are followed by Francistown’s Setlalekgosi JSS (61.1%), Kgosi Mpe JSS (60.2%) in Jwaneng, Maoka JSS (57.6%) in Gaborone, Donga (57.5%) in Ftown, Linchwe II (56.2%) in Mochudi, Tlogatloga (56%) in Gaborone, Phatsimo (55.9%) in Phikwe, Meepong JSS (54.8) in Phikwe, Itireleng (54.8%) in Lobatse, Boipelego JSS (54.7) in Serowe, Pitikwe (54.2%) in Lobatse, Maikano (52%) in Gaborone and Goosemama (51.7%) in Gootau complete the top 20. However, Goosemama had only 58 students sitting for the Form III exams, and only 30 of those got a pass. With three As, the Tswapong-based school has produced the same number of As as the second leading school, Orapa JSS.
Overall 26 schools scored 50% and above, as the overall performance once again showed no signs of improvement.
According to the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) statement, 41,464 candidates wrote the 2016 examination, with 32.54% of candidates awarded Grade C or better compared to 33.41% in 2015, which represents drop of 0.87%. In the 2016 results, no candidate has satisfied the requirement for the award of a Merit compared to one candidate obtaining Merit the year before, according to the BEC statement.
The BEC also stated that 271 candidates have been awarded grade A compared to 197 in 2015, which translates to an increase of 0.18%. There is an insignificant decrease in the percentage of candidates awarded grade B (-0.37%) in the 2016 results compared to the previous year.
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, BEC stated.