The 2023 session of the BEPC, CAP and BEP ends on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 with the proclamation of the results of the second round. Overall, the Boucle du Mouhoun region has a success rate of 88.54% for the CAP, 72.96% for the BEP, i.e. a rate of 78.44% for the technical examinations and 33.13% for the BEPC. The security situation has impacted the results of school exams in the region, resulting in a 5.19% drop in the 2023 session compared to that of 2022.
When the results of the first round of the BEPC were announced, the Boucle du Mouhoun region recorded 3,214 admitted, including 1,490 girls. This gives a success rate of 26.28% for boys and 17.76% for girls, i.e. an overall rate of 21.50%. With the results of the written control tests, the region recorded 1739 admitted including 921 girls and 818 boys.
At the end of the session, the balance sheet gives a total of 4953 admitted including 2411 girls and 2542 boys. This gives an overall success rate of 33.13%, of which 28.73% for girls and 38.75% for boys.
According to statistics established by the examinations and competitions department of the Regional Directorate of Post-Primary and Secondary Education of the Boucle du Mouhoun, the province of Balé comes first with a success rate of 36.13% of which 32.13% for the girls. It is followed by the province of Sourou which records a rate of 34.06% including 28.63% for girls. The province of Mouhoun ranks third with a rate of 33.44%, including 29.20% for girls. The province of Kossi comes in fourth position with a rate of 32.25% including 26.83% for girls. The Nayala which has a success rate of 23.50% including 19.55% for girls ranks fifth.
For technical exams, the region has a CAP success rate of 88.54% with 83.12% for girls. For the BEP, the rate is 72.96% with 76.61% for girls. The overall pass rate for these technical exams is 78.44% for the region.
By comparing the results of this session to that of 2022, the Boucle du Mouhoun region shows a decline in performance from 39.25% to 33.13%, i.e. a drop of 5.19%.
According to the Regional Director of post-primary and secondary education for Boucle du Mouhoun, Dr Denis Vimboué, An analysis of these results shows that the security situation has hampered certain actions in the field of education, thus negatively impacting the results, despite the efforts of all actors. “We are at more than 248 closed or relocated educational structures, hundreds of impacted agents and thousands of students with schooling difficulties. It is a challenge that each Burkinabè according to his position, must face and make his contribution”, he underlined.
Source: Burkina Information Agency