Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) 2025 Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) Results Released

Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has released the 2025 Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) Results. A total of 47,880 candidates sat for the examination, representing a 2.62% increase in candidature compared to 45,261 candidates in 2024.

There were 23,270 (48.7%) male candidates and 24,542 (51.3%) female candidates sitting for the 2025 Junior Certificate Examination.

The grades available at syllabus level are on a pass scale of A - E, where Grades A to C are credit grades and D to E are pass grades. At qualification level, the grades available are Merit, A, B, C, D, and E. Candidates failing to meet the minimum requirements for the lowest grade (E) at both syllabus and qualification levels are unclassified and assigned letter U. In contrast, candidates who did not meet the requirements of grading at component level are assigned letter X at syllabus and/or at qualification level.

Performance

 

In 2025, 2.10% of candidates obtained Grade A or better compared to 1.50% in 2024, showing an improvement of 0.60%. Candidates obtaining Grade B or better increased by 1.10% from 12.80% in 2024 to 13.90% in 2025. The performance improved by 1.10% at Grade C or better from 38.50% to 39.60%. On the other hand, the performance declined by 2.10% at Grade D or better and by 1.80% at Grade E or better, respectively. Worth noting is that 16% (7239) of candidates, compared to 14.40% (6132) of the previous year did not meet the minimum requirements for the award of Grade E and were assigned the letter ‘U’.

Outstanding Performance

The attainment of a Merit is classified as outstanding performance. The requirement for a Merit is to obtain at least 7 Grade A’s at syllabus level following the prescribed criteria. In this series, the number of candidates with outstanding performance increased significantly. A total of 43 candidates from 39 different Centres across the Educational Regions qualify for the award of a Merit compared to 16 candidates from 8 different Centres in the previous year. Of the 43 candidates qualifying for the award of a Merit, seven (7) candidates obtained Grade A in all their 9 syllabuses compared to 2 in the previous year.

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In light of the reported proportions, it is plausible to conclude that overall performance by the 2025 JCE cohort has shown some improvement over the 2024 cohort.

The pass rate for the 2025 cohort is 83.70%.

The female candidates outperformed their male counterparts.

Performance at individual grades is as follows:

 

 

Merit	Grade A	Grade B	Grade C	Grade D	Grade E	Ungraded
43 (forty-three) candidates (0.10%) compared to 16 (sixteen) in 2024	898 candidates (2.00%) compared to 617 (1.50%) candidates in 2024	5,336 candidates (11.80%) compared to 4,800 (11.30%) in 2024	11,568 candidates (25.60%) compared to 10,912 (25.70%) in 2024	14,001 candidates (31%) compared to 14,524 (34.20%) in 2024	5,888 candidates (13.10%) compared to 5,420 (12.80%) in the previous year	7,239 (16%) candidates compared to 6,132 (14.40%) in 2024

It should be noted that results for candidates who did not meet the requirement for grading have been denoted with the letter X. This is usually temporary and will be resolved within the enquiries about results’ period.

It is important to emphasise that these results are provisional for a period of six (6) weeks commencing today 29th January, 2026 until 12th March, 2026. Therefore, all enquiries about results for school candidates should be directed to the schools/centres, and private candidates should forward their enquiries to the BEC offices within the above stipulated period.

Distribution of results will be done as follows:

1. Distribution to Centres: Centres will be given access to the Malepa system.

2. Distribution to Regional Offices: Regional Offices will access the results through the Malepa system.

3. Individual Candidates: Candidates will be able to access the results through the BEC Website as well as SMS. The How to Access results guidelines are available on the BEC Facebook Page, Botswana Examinations Council, BEC Website www.bec.co.bw, and X Account @Bots_Exams

For further enquiries, please contact the BEC toll-free number 0800 601 025.

Also Read: How to Access Your BEC 2025 Junior Certificate Statement of Results

ACCESS YOUR JCE RESULTS VIA MOBILE PHONE

THE FLIGHTING OF THIS ADVERTORIAL DOES NOT IMPLY THAT JCE RESULTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THE RELEASE OF JCE RESULTS WILL BE COMMUNICATED THROUGH PRESS RELEASES AND OTHER MEDIA PLATFORMS ONCE AVAILABLE FOR ACCESS BY CANDIDATES.

To access your Junior Certificate Examinations (JCE) results via mobile Please follow instructions below to send an SMS; The candidate must enter the following parameters in the stipulated sequence

STEP 1

Go to Compose New Message and type your: Level CentreNumber CandidateNumber CandidateSurname Please include a space between the parameter values

STEP 2

Send your Message to;

16688

STEP 3

You will receive your results via SMS.

(Please do not send CALL BACKS or reply to this sms as you will not get any response)

PLEASE NOTE

• Centre number should be 6 characters i.e JC followed by the four numeric characters

• Student number should be four numeric characters.

• The surname is not cAsE sensitive.

• After sending your enquiry please allow a few minutes to receive a response. The Response may be delayed due to congested lines.

The meaning of ‘X’ and ‘U’ symbol in grades (SMS and Website)

1. U denotes that a candidate failed to meet minimum requirements for grade E.

2. X denotes that a candidate failed to meet the requirements for the award of the syllabus or the qualification.

ACCESS YOUR JCE RESULTS THROUGH THE BEC WEBSITE

1. Open the web browser (Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome) and type www.bec.co.bw to open the Botswana Examinations Council website.

2. Click on the “Results” tab on the navigation bar:

   (The navigator bar is the blue bar that starts with the “home” tab, and also has the “About BEC” tab, “Qualifications” tab, etc”)

3. Click “My Results” on the gold navigation bar that pops up.

You are here: Home

My Results

Here you can find your examination results dating as far back as 2009. Make sure to fill in all the fields.

4. Examination

JCEE

In the “Examination” drop down combo box, select the Examination (in this case select JCEE)

5. Year

The year in which the examination occurred.

2025

In the “Year” textbook type the year (In this case type 2025)

6. Centre

The centre number

JC0001

In the “Centre Number” textbook type your school’s Centre Number.

The centre number should be 6 characters beginning with the letters “JC”. For example, if your school’s centre number is 0002, type JC0002 if your school’s centre number is 0024, type JC0024.

7. Candidate Number

The student’s candidate number

0001

In the “Candidate Number” textbook type your Candidate Number. The system accepts a candidate number with leading zeros and without leading zeros. For example, if your candidate number is 0008, you may type 0008 or 008 or 08 or 8 and the system will accept them all.

8. Candidate Surname

The student’s Surname

Moithuti

In the “Surname” text box type your Surname. The Surname is not Case Sensitive.

9. Show results

Click the “Show Results” button. This should display your results indicating the Exam cycle, Year, Centre/School subjects and overall grade.

| Exam | Year | Centre |

|---|---|---|

|    | 2005 | Bobonong JSS |

| Candidate: MOPHUTHI KATLEGO |

| Overall Grade | C |

| Setswana | B |

| English | B |

| Mathematics | D |

| Integrated Science | D |

| Social Studies | D |

| Agriculture | C |

| Design & Technology | D |

| Moral Education | D |

| Physical Education | C |

Note:

• The data entry formats for the Website and the SMS are different

• Ensure that both your school’s centre number and Candidate number are correct.

• Candidates should ensure that their entire subjects are included in the response.

• Only the subjects they have been assessed on are included in the response.

• Results can be queried within 6 weeks of their release.

DISCLAIMER

SMS transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, or altered at any time. BEC therefore accepts no liability for the content of the SMS messages, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing.

For Enquiries Contact:

0800 601 025

www.bec.co.bw

Botswana Examinations Council

@Bots_Exams