15 Dec 2014

The Botswana Examination Council (BEC) has released the 2014 Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) results.

A press release from BEC stated that a total of 42 797 candidates wrote the 2014 examination showing a reduction in candidature of 2.26 per cent from the 2013 candidature of 43 775.

The overall performance indicated that the proportion of candidates obtaining an overall Grade C or better went up by 1.58 per cent from 67.62 per cent in 2013 to 69.20 in 2014. The percentage of candidates obtaining Grade A in this examination is at 14.20 per cent against 12.77 per cent last year representing an increase of 1.43 per cent.

Currently there were 7.35 per cent of candidates at Grade B compared to 17.57 per cent in 2013, representing a slight decrease of 0.22 per cent. At the lowest grades, 5.22 per cent of the candidates obtained Grade E compared to 5.81 in 2013, a slight improvement of 0.58 per cent.

The release further stated that compared to 2013, there had been significant improvement in agriculture by 2.97 per cent and 3.32 per cent in mathematics. All centres will receive copies of their results delivered at the sub-regional and regional offices through Express Mail Service (EMS).

Regional offices will access the results through Malepa System as well as through CDs which will be delivered through EMS. Candidates can access their results through the SMS technology, BEC Website and from their schools.

 For further information, contact BEC toll free number: 0800 601025. ENDS