BEC RELEASES 2018 BGCSE RESULTS
Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has released the 2018 Botswana General Certificate for Secondary Education (BGCSE) examination results. A total of 32 470 candidates wrote the 2018 examination showing a decrease of 12.8% in candidature compared to the 2017 cohort of 37 251. There were 13 537 (41.69%) male candidates and 18 933 (58.31%) female candidates sitting for the 2018 BGCSE Examination.
In 2018 there were 23 026 (70.91%) candidates from government and government-aided schools compared to 25 802 (69.27%) in 2017 and 9 444 (29.09%) private candidates compared to 11 449 (30.74%) in 2017. The private candidates’ category included 1 156 (3.56%) Back-to-School candidates, 1 354 (4.17%) candidates from Private Schools and 8 090 (24.92%) Private Candidates. The private candidates are from BEC Centres and Botswana Open University Centres.