BECE: Fitting the curve – The gaps in WAEC’s grading system

Ghana’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) uses the Stanine (standard nine) grading system, a norm‑referenced approach that fixes the share of students in each grade rather than using absolute score thresholds. Under Stanine, only a predetermined percentage of candidates can get each grade – roughly 4% earn Grade 1 (the top stanine), 7% Grade 2, 12% Grade 3, […]