2017 BGCSE RESULTS RELEASED

Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has released the 2017 Botswana General Certificate for Secondary Education (BGCSE) examination results. A total of 37 251 candidates wrote the 2017 examination showing an increase of 5.04% in candidature compared to the 2016 cohort of 35 465.  There were 15 590 (41.85%) male candidates and 21 661 (58.15%) female candidates sitting for the 2017 BGCSE Examination.

The 2017 BGCSE examination was administered to 25 802 (69.27%) candidates from government and government-aided schools compared to 25 016 (70.5%) in 2016 and 11 449 (30.74%) private candidates compared to 10 449 (29.5%) in 2016.  The private candidates’ category included 604 (1.62%) Back-to-School candidates, 1 794 (4.82%) candidates from private schools and 9 655 (25.92%) private candidates (including BOU candidates).

Since the BGCSE is a subject-based certificate with no aggregation, the measure used to gauge the performance of candidates is the proportion of candidates who were awarded Grade C or better in 5 syllabi.  This year 24.05% candidates from government and government-aided schools were awarded Grade C or better in 5 syllabi compared to 25.46% in 2016.  This shows a slight decline of 1.41%, indicating that the two cohorts were of more or less the same quality.

Symbols used in the Results

·       U denotes that a candidate failed to meet minimum requirements for Grade G.

·       X denotes that a candidate failed to meet the requirements for the award of a syllabus grade.

The distribution of the results will be done as follows:

1.     Individual Candidates:  Candidates will be able to access the results through the BEC Website as well as through SMS. 

2.     Distribution to centres: Centres will also be granted access to view and print the results reports through the Malepa application. 

3.     Distribution to Regional Offices: The Regional and Sub-Regional Heads will also be able to access the results through Malepa.

 Candidates are informed that Statement of Results can be collected at designated locations across the country from 20^th February to 3^rd March, 2018 during working hours.