SHS 1 Students Will Report To School Next Month; BECE Results Out This Month

2023 BECE graduates, who will soon be SHS 1 students will report to school next month (December). It is expected that the BECE results will be out this month.

According to the 2023/2024 academic calendar, SHS 1 students will report to school on 4th December, 2023. This is a month from now. This reporting date is for both double(transitional) and single track schools. Students will be in school from 4th December, 2023 to 5 March, 2024 and 15th March, 2024 for double and single track schools respectively.

According to the 2023/2024 academic calendar, there is going to be a Christmas break from 21st December, 2023 to 2nd January, 2024 for all schools and at all levels.

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.