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Sierra Leone’s Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Conrad Sackey, has today announced the release of the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results.
According to the Minister of Education, David Sackey, the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results for 2023 in Sierra Leone have surpassed all expectations, marking a historic achievement.
Total Candidates: In 2023, a total of 132,684 candidates from 1,730 schools registered for the BECE. Out of these, 5,619 candidates were absent for all subjects, leaving 127,065 candidates who took at least one subject.
Late Entry Schools: Results of 1,889 candidates from 8 late-entry schools have been withheld by WAEC, leaving the results of 130,795 candidates (inclusive of those absent for all subjects) released to the MBSSE on October 25, 2023.
Pass Rates: The pass rate for individual papers has witnessed an extraordinary increase, climbing from 76.8% in 2021 to 84.4% in 2022, and now reaching a remarkable 92.7% in 2023, the highest ever.
Female Candidates: For the third consecutive year, there were more female candidates than males sitting for the BECE. The 2023 results showed a 5.6% increase in the number of female candidates.
Minimum Pass Requirements: The number of candidates obtaining a minimum of 5 passes, inclusive of Language Arts or Mathematics, has increased by 85.5% from 2018 to 2023. In 2023, a record-breaking 119,801 candidates achieved this milestone, resulting in a BECE pass rate for the general SSS program of 96%.
Top Performers: The top candidate, Amida Sarlahmata Tejan from Modern High School, passed all 8 subjects with an aggregate score of 6 and an average grade of 1.13. The top two candidates were girls, and the top 6 candidates with aggregate scores of 6 or 7 were evenly split between boys and girls.
Top School: Cluny Free the Children JSS in Koidu saw 100% of its candidates obtaining a minimum of 5 passes inclusive of Language Arts or Mathematics, with an average grade of 1.66.
District Performances: While some variation in performance across subjects and districts persists, no subject had pass rates below 70%. However, all districts performed better than in 2022, with pass rates exceeding 90.00%.
International Performance: Candidates from Guinea, while not performing as well as candidates from Sierra Leone, demonstrated improvement compared to 2022, achieving a combined SSS pass rate of 77.61%.
These results demonstrate an exceptional improvement in BECE performance, with the number of successful candidates increasing and pass rates reaching an all-time high. The Ministry of Education is celebrating the progress made toward ensuring that all children successfully complete basic education and progress to senior secondary school. This year’s achievements represent a significant step toward achieving this goal.
Congratulation to our brothers and sisters for their unwavering performance
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Congratulations to those who passed the examination and to those who did not pass to take courage and put more effort.
Congratulations to Sierra Leone 🇸🇱. Our children are really learning, may God guide and protect them marshalla 🙏. The girls are doing better than the boys these days in external exams in Sierra Leone.
Good job done
Congratulations
Wow! That’s really a fantastic one.
Congratulations to them all, more especially the female pupils for their unflinching performances.
This shows that investment in education pays well. Girls not having to miss class because of their menstrual period; children not having to miss school because of fees; children being fed at school and not thinking if they are hungry; teachers being enrolled and paid salaries; and so much more, gives rise to motivation and improvement in our educational system. Congrats to our school children and our hard working teachers for their input and dedication. May God continue to bless and provide for this government to continue the good work on our children.
Congratulations to the teachers who trained these pupils
Congratulations 👏 for our children, brothers and sisters for their tremendous performance.
Congratulations 🎊
It’s really a good dreams of our brothers and sisters in this country, so my advice is, parents should take good care of their children for them to learn good.
Congratulations to our children for such a wonderful performance.
Am shart for my result