BGCSE results are out

Prof Mokopakgosi and BEC leadership updating media on BGCSE results
Prof Mokopakgosi and BEC leadership updating media on BGCSE results

Results of the 2013 Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education were published last night, according to the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC), which addressed journalists in Gaborone last night.

BEC’s Caretaker Executive Secretary Professor Brian Mokopakgosi and a BEC team comprising Dorcus Morake, Susan Makgothi, Jenamiso Nthele, Dr Moreetsi Thobega and Canaan Mathendele said a total of 34,069 candidates had sat for the examinations, compared to 31,665 the previous year.  

The number went up due to the introduction of back-to-school programmes, and the opening of a new school in Shakawe. The results 6,194 candidates in grades A* and A. Makgothi said that there was a 0.91 percent decline from the previous year, a decline she described as “insignificant.” 

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