Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) board chairperson, Olefile Molwane, revealed that the 2024 results have plummeted when compared with those of the previous year. "Performance in 2024 has generally remained more or less the same across all grades compared to the year 2023 in private and government schools altogether," he said at a joint press conference by BEC and the Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education,. From the 36,917 candidates who sat for the BGCSE examinations in 2024, Molwane said only 31.35% of the candidates got grade C or better both from private and government schools. "The results indicate that amongst the grades awarded this year, 31.35% were graded grade C or better compared to 32.3% in 2023 which shows a decrease of 0.95%," he added.
In other grades, Molwane said the proportion of grade A or better also plummeted BEC this time around only recorded 2.84 percent compared to 3.7 percent registered in the 2023 BGCSE examinations. The decrease extends to grade E or better as in the just revealed results, only 74.7% was recorded while the 2023 BGCSE candidates registered 75%. This shows a decrease of 0.3%. In grade G or better, the 2024 candidates recorded 96.47% while the 2023 candidates had recorded 95.80%.
