2015 JCE results released

There were 20,621 male candidates and 21,317 female candidates sitting for the 2015 Junior Certificate Examination.

Overall performance indicates that 33.4% of candidates have been awarded Grade C or better compared to 34.6% in 2014, which represents a drop of 1.2%. This year, one candidate has satisfied the requirement for the award of merit compared to two (2) candidates obtaining merit last year. There is an insignificant decrease in the percentage of candidates awarded grades A (-0.4%) and B (-1.2%) this year compared to 2014. The proportion of candidates at grade D increased by 1.7% while at grade E there has been a decrease of 1.0%. Furthermore, in 2015, 6,932 which is (16.5%) candidates obtained Grade U compared to 6,395 (15.8%) in 2014, which is an increase of 0.7%.