2024 BECE grading system (New Update)

One important question that needs to be answered is, “What is the grading system for 2024 BECE? This is because students preparing for the BECE this year have been seeking answers for these from the Ghana Education News team.

Each year, candidates sit for the WAEC-administered WASSCE and BECE, candidates are graded, and that determines the aggregate they score. The grading system does not affect the raw scores of candidates in any way.

Knowing the grading system can serve as a motivator and can help candidates work hard to meet their best-target grade for each subject.

With the 2024 BECE over but with one subject pending, students who sat for the exam have started asking this all-important question.

It is important to inform readers that, WAEC may not always use the same grading system for every examination and that the performance of candidates in each exam year can determine the grading system to some extent.

For instance, if the highest score in Integrated Science is 60% for 2024, the grading system will be greatly affected.

The BECE grading system used by WAEC has been designed in a way that does not use the word ‘Fail’ on the result slip of candidates. But when it comes to the WASSCE  ‘FAIL’ is used to represent a score that is 35 marks or below. The BECE, on the other hand, shows the LOWEST grade for the same score of 35 or below. This clearly means that there is nothing like a failure in BECE.

What is the 2024 BECE grading system?

The grading scheme has been updated, meaning, more students can now make grade one if they score at least 80 out of 100. This used to be 90 out of 100. Below are the updated details.

Below is the grading system for the 2024 BECE.

1. 80-100 is graded as 1. It is the HIGHEST grade in the grading system.
2. 70-79, the second category in this classification is graded as 2, GRADE A. it is denoted as HIGHER.
3. 60-69, is grade 3, a B+, and is described as HIGH.
4. 55 -59 is grade 4, GRADE B, described as HIGH AVERAGE.
5. 50 –54 is GRADE C+, classified as 5, and described as AVERAGE.
6. LOW AVERAGE is a description of marks falling between 45 and 49 and grade C, number 6 in the grading system.
7. Any mark ranging between 40-44 is considered as GRADE D+ and number 7; is described as LOW
8. 35-39 is GRADE E which is number 8, described as LOWER in the Stanine grading system.
9. GRADE F, 9 characterized by 9 is the LOWEST grade, which falls between 0-34

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2024 BECE GRADING SYSTEM(SUMMARY)

80-100: Grade A which is 1 and interpreted as the Highest

70-79: Grade B+ which is 2 and interprets as Higher

60-69: Grade B which is 3 and interpreted as High

55-59: Grade C+ which is 4 and interprets as a High average

50-54: Grade C which is 5 and interprets as Average

45-49: Grade D+ which is 6 and interprets as a Low Average

40-44: Grade D, which is 7 and interprets as Low

35-39: Grade E which is 8 and interpreted as Lower

0-34: Grade F, which is 9 and interpreted as the Lowest

Apart from the above, it is possible to have the grading system below

90-100 = 1

80-89 = 2

70- 79=3 

60-69 = 4

55-59 = 5

50-54= 6

40-49 = 7

35-39 = 8

0-34 = 9

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A BECE candidate who can do well based on the second grading system has a chance of making good grades at the BECE. Schools are challenged to use the second grading system throughout their BECE mock examination to push their candidates to work even harder.