2023 BECE Marking Begins Today; Results Release Date And Grading System Revealed

The West Africa Examination Council will officially begin the marking of the 2023 BECE scripts today, 9th October, 2023. The results release date as well as the grading system has also also been revealed.

The marking process, as outlined in the schedule, will take a period of two weeks. This means, the 2023 BECE scripts will be marked completely on Monday, 23rd October 2023. During this period, the examiners will apply their expertise to assess the papers submitted by the 600,714 candidates who took part in the examination.

2023 BECE Marking Begins Today; Results Release Date And Grading System Revealed

2023 BECE Grading System.

The BECE Grading system has been designed in a way that there is nothing like ‘Fail’ on the result slip of candidates. Unlike the WASSCE which shows ‘FAIL’ for marks less than 35, BECE shows LOWEST grade. This clearly means that there is nothing like fail in BECE.

Below is the grading system for the 2033 BECE.

90-100 is graded as 1. It is the HIGHEST grade in the grading system.
80-89, the second category in this classification is graded as 2, GRADE A. it is denoted as HIGHER.
70-79, is grade 3, a B+ and is described as HIGH.
60 -69 is grade 4, GRADE B, described as HIGH AVERAGE.
55 – 60 is GRADE C+, classified as 5 and described as AVERAGE.
LOW AVERAGE is a description of marks falling between 50-54 and GRADE C; number 6 in the grading system.
Any mark ranging between 40-49 is considered as GRADE D+ and number 7; described as LOW
35-39 is GRADE E which is number 8, described as LOWER in the Stanine grading system.
GRADE F, 9 characterized by 9 is the LOWEST grade, which falls between 0-34

WAEC sometimes uses the Stanine grading system for BECE. It is norm-referenced, meaning, the result’s architecture is pre-determined. Under Stanine, the % of candidates who will obtain Grade 1-9 is virtually fixed, so you must justify your inclusion into that percentage.