2025 PSLE Results — Official BEC Data

PSLE Results Botswana 2025

The Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has released the 2025 Primary School Leaving Examination results. Here's everything parents and students need to know — plus how AcePSLE helps your child improve.

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Results are published on the official Botswana Examinations Council website. Enter your centre number and candidate number to view grades.

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Format: Level CentreNumber CandidateNumber Surname (e.g. PSLE PS1234 0001 MOENG)

The Numbers at a Glance

Performance improved at every qualification grade compared to 2024 — the fourth consecutive year of upward movement.

52,766
Candidates who sat
Down 0.51% from 53,039 in 2024
99.91%
Pass rate (Grade E or better)
Up from 99.80% in 2024
21.42%
Achieved Grade A
Up 0.32% from 21.10% in 2024
74.11%
Achieved Grade C or better
Up 0.81% from 73.30% in 2024
Subject Performance Breakdown

How Each Subject Performed

Each bar shows the percentage of candidates who achieved Grade C or better in 2025. Commentary comes from BEC's technical report.

Setswana

Grade A: 18.72%Grade C+: 81.69%▲ 0.66% vs 2024

Strongest in Knowledge & Understanding; Communication remains the weaker dimension.

English

Grade A: 25.23%Grade C+: 76.39%▲ 3.08% vs 2024

Grade C+ improved 3.08%. Composition and letter-writing creativity still a challenge.

Mathematics

Grade A: 11.48%Grade C+: 63.50%▲ 0.11% vs 2024

Performance stable. Candidates do better in Application & Reasoning than Computation.

Science

Grade A: 5.14%Grade C+: 56.49%▼ 2.68% vs 2024

Declined 2.68% at Grade C+. Nature & Universe and Matter & Energy topics are challenging.

Social Studies

Grade A: 11.12%Grade C+: 61.54%▲ 1.07% vs 2024

Skills Dimension improved; Knowledge & Understanding declined slightly.

Agriculture

Grade A: 9.23%Grade C+: 60.84%▲ 2.64% vs 2024

Grade C+ up 2.64%. Knowledge–practice gap: candidates know concepts but struggle to apply.

Religious & Moral Education

Grade A: 9.51%Grade C+: 63.77%▼ 3.18% vs 2024

Declined 3.18% at Grade C+. Morality items (ethics, decision-making) proved challenging.

Five-Year Performance Trend

% of candidates at Grade C or better

2021
72.0%
2022
70.5%
2023
72.0%
2024
73.4%
2025
74.1%

Overall performance at Grades A through C has improved consistently since 2022. The 2025 result of 74.11% represents the best outcome in the five-year window.

Performance by Region

% of candidates at Grade A to C, by educational region

South East
88.9%
▲ 5.10
North East
82.1%
▼ 0.28
Kgatleng
76.0%
▲ 1.03
Chobe
75.8%
▲ 3.11
Central
74.0%
▲ 2.38
Southern
70.3%
▲ 0.11
Kweneng
68.9%
▲ 2.45
Kgalagadi
65.3%
▼ 0.10
North West
65.2%
▲ 3.77
Ghanzi
51.0%
▼ 6.36
Most improved
South East (+5.10%) — highest performer overall at 88.91%
Biggest decline
Ghanzi (–6.36%) — now at 50.99%, the lowest region

Gender Performance

Female candidates outperformed male counterparts in every single subject — and at every grade from A to C.

Female (avg. A–C)~73%
Male (avg. A–C)~59%

The ~14 percentage-point gap is consistent with recent years and widens further at Grade A.

Performance by School Type

Grade A to C outcomes vary significantly by centre type, highlighting an access and resource gap.

Private schools95.7%
Government schools72.5%
OSET centres50.0%

A 23-point gap between private and government schools is why AcePSLE exists — quality study tools should not depend on school fees.

Understanding the PSLE Grading System

The PSLE grades candidates on a scale of A to E across seven subjects. Grades are awarded first at the Dimension level, then aggregated into a Syllabus grade, and finally into an overall Qualification grade.

A
Outstanding
21.42% in 2025
B
Very Good
19.78% in 2025
C
Good / Credit
32.91% in 2025
D
Satisfactory
18.49% in 2025
E
Minimum Pass
7.31% in 2025
U
Unclassified (below E)
0.02% in 2025

Letter X means the candidate did not meet requirements for grading (usually absence from one or more papers). Letter U means the candidate fell below the minimum threshold for Grade E. In 2025, only 13 candidates received U — the lowest figure in years.

How AcePSLE helps

From These Results to a Better Grade

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Statistics sourced from the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) 2025 PSLE Summary of Provisional Results Report.

For official results and certificates, visit bec.co.bw.