Three senior schools excel in BGCSE

The schools are Tutume Mcconnell Community College with a student awarded 6 A* 2 A 1 B, Selebi Phikwe Senior Secondary School with 7 A* 1 A 1 B and another with 6 A* 2 A 1 B. Moshupa Secondary School registered 6 A* 2 A 1 B while Naledi Senior Secondary School students registered 6 A* 3 A and others registered 8 A* 1 A.

Of the 31,468 candidates for the 2009 examination, 47,955 of the grades issued were C, and 34.75% of the grades issued were C or better with 8,751 students awarded grade C or better, posing a 1.98 percentage compared to the previous year.  Of the total candidates who sat for the examinations 14,028 are male and 17,428 are female, while the gender of 12 candidates is not recorded on the database. Currently there are about 180 candidates whose results are withheld for one or more syllabuses.  Candidates for whom all results are withheld are not included.