Dow clueless over poor junior certificate results

Unity Dow. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Unity Dow. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Junior Certificate (JC) final examinations results are out. The Botswana Sector Teachers’ Union (BOSETU) correctly describes the results as deplorable based on the fact that nationally 67.46% obtained grade D or worse. The 2015 JC final examinations results were equally disastrous with a failure rate of 66.69%.

The previous years have not been impressive either. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) there is no need for the nation to be worried since Botswana has recorded poor results for some years now.

Another interesting feature of the results is that the percentage of students who failed the examinations is disproportionately higher in the rural areas compared to the urban and village towns.

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