{"source":"https://esslce.atenu.org/2017ec/","attribution":"Atenu (https://atenu.org)","license":"https://atenu.org/data-licensing/","note":"Official figures from public EAES and Ministry of Education announcements. Participation numbers come from the exam-close statement; results numbers from the September 2025 announcement, which reported a slightly different examinee total. Both are kept as announced.","sitting":{"yearEC":2017,"yearGC":2025,"window":{"start":"2025-06-30","end":"2025-07-15","english":"June 30 to July 15, 2025","amharic":"ሰኔ 23 – ሐምሌ 8, 2017 ዓ.ም.","rounds":4,"modes":"online and on paper, nationwide"},"participation":{"registered":608792,"sat":582902,"satPct":96.4,"online":134825,"onlinePct":23.13,"onlineNote":"In Addis Ababa nearly all candidates took the exam online, a model the Ministry plans to expand."},"results":{"announced":"September 2025","examinees":585882,"examineesMale":308066,"examineesFemale":277816,"passed":48929,"passPct":8.4,"passThreshold":"scored over 50 percent","passedMale":30451,"passedFemale":18478,"priorYear":{"passed":36409,"passPct":5.4},"passPctByStream":{"natural":11.4,"social":5.2},"topScores":[{"stream":"Natural Science","score":"591/600","detail":"male candidate, Dodola Ifa Boru School"},{"stream":"Natural Science","score":"579/600","detail":"female candidate, Bisrate Gabriel School"},{"stream":"Social Science","score":"562/600","detail":"male candidate, Ambo Boarding School"},{"stream":"Social Science","score":"548/600","detail":"St. Joseph School"}],"schools":{"zeroPass":1249,"fullPass":50,"passPctByType":{"boarding":71,"government":30.6,"private":51},"note":"Boarding schools recorded the best results; night school students recorded the lowest."}}}}