Ministry of Education Announces 12th Grade National Exam Results: 5.4% Pass Rate, Addis Ababa Leads Success
The Ministry of Education has announced the results of the 12th-grade national exam, with 36,409 students successfully passing out of the 684,205 who took the exam during the 2016 school year, according to Education Minister Birhanu Nega (Professor).
In his statement today, the Minister confirmed that students could check their results starting from 12:00 AM. He also emphasized that the violation of exam rules across all subjects was lower compared to the previous year.
Minister Birhanu highlighted the strong performance of boarding schools, although 1,363 schools did not see any students pass. The national average score among students was 29.76 points, while the highest score this year was an impressive 675 out of 700, marking a new high for the country. Additionally, 575 was noted as the highest score achieved out of 600 in a specific subject test.
With a 5.4% pass rate overall, the Addis Ababa City Administration led the success rate, followed by the Harari and Oromia regions, which also performed well. The Minister acknowledged that regions across the country showed improvement compared to last year’s results.
Students can check their Grade 12 results for 2024, which are expected to be released on September 10, 2024, through the NEAEA portal at
- Portal: https://result.eaes.et
- Telegram Bot: https://t.me/EAESbot
- SMS: You can check your result by sending an SMS to 6284. Type your roll number (e.g., R1234567) prefixed with the letter ‘R’. Standard SMS fees will apply as charged by Ethio Telecom.
This service, provided by the Educational Assessment and Examination Services (EAES), allows students to view their exam results from the Ethiopian academic year 2014 EC.
