This study attempted to investigate teachers, parents and students themselves rating of the general level of ABECS students' academic competence in grade 5, second cycle primary schools in three woredas of Sou th Gondar namely Kemkem, Fogera and Dera. To verify the basic questions, 208 students, 79 grade five teachers and directors, , 30 parents were selected. Questionnaires and interviews were employed as data collection tools in the analysis of the study. With this regard, the questionnaire was administered for both teachers and students. But, interview was used for unit leaders and directors teachers and parents. - . Hence, the data collected through questionnaire was analyzed using t:.test. So, the obtained results from the sample population of teachers and directors, parents and students themselves portrayed that the academic competence of ABECS students manifested to be low and the program is found to be less satisfactory in the quality of students' academic competence. Teachers and parents rating the ABEES students as low. performers and ABECS students considered themselves as incompetent and inefficient. There are problems in ABECS like ,Shortage ·of well-trained facilitators and facilities and materials, less attention given to the program and Lack of flexibility in scheduling, etc. were found by the study. Together with the above mentioned conclusion, recommendations like recruiting and training of facilitators necessity of closer supervision, allocation of necessary resources and implementing a flexible time table for ABECS, were made.