The Ministry of Education, Youth Sports and Library Services congratulates all the successful candidates who sat the May/June 2015 CSEC examinations. This year, a total of 2112 candidates were entered the total number of candidates comprised 764 males and 1348 females. Out of that total, 1902 (685 males & 1217 females) sat exams in various disciplines such as Mathematics, English- A&B, Sciences, Food and Home Management, Technical Courses, as well as the Arts, Modern Languages, Business, and Information Technology.
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“78.65% of the candidates obtained Grades I-III, this represents an increase of 2.26 percentage points, when compared to 2014 pass rate of 76.39. The pass rate in 14 of the 29 subjects is over 90% and students continue to perform well in the business and technical/vocational subjects,” said Hon. Akierra Missick, Deputy Premier and Minister of Education. “It is very important to my government that we continue to see year on year growth during our term, in order to set a standard the will continue upwards for years to come.
“The Ministry continues to improve standards in education by improving laboratories and specialists rooms at the four public high schools; the provision of teaching and learning resources; and funding to support teacher professional development and the introduction of additional subject options and choices in the high school curriculum.”
The following overall passing grades were obtained as a percentage of the number of persons who sat the examinations:
Grade I=16.40% Grade II=30.81% Grade III=30.97%.
A further break down of the key subjects is as follow:
Mathematics General Proficiency: Of the 204 candidates, 110 obtained passing grades of I-III.
English A General Proficiency: Of the 267 candidates, 167 or 62.55% obtained passing grades of I-III. Table 1, provides a breakdown of the other subjects.
|
Subjects (General Proficiency) |
|
% Passes |
|
Biology |
40 |
74.07 |
|
Caribbean History |
30 |
83.33 |
|
Chemistry |
25 |
69.44 |
|
Clothing & Textiles |
33 |
100 |
|
English B |
43 |
87.76 |
|
Food and Nutrition |
80 |
91.95 |
|
French |
12 |
70.59 |
|
Geography |
19 |
86.36 |
|
Home Economic Management |
58 |
98.31 |
|
Information Technology |
89 |
95.70 |
|
Integrated Science |
95 |
94.06 |
|
Music |
8 |
100 |
|
Office Administration |
45 |
86.54 |
|
Physics |
22 |
51.16 |
|
Principles of Accounts |
43 |
91.49 |
|
Principles of Business |
70 |
98.59 |
|
Religious Education |
33 |
91.67 |
|
Social Studies |
125 |
78.62 |
|
Spanish |
25 |
89.29 |
|
Technical Drawing |
29 |
67.44 |
|
Visual Arts |
38 |
90.48 |
|
EDPM |
109 |
92.37 |
|
Physical Education |
31 |
96.88 |
|
Human and Social Biology |
51 |
58.62 |
|
Building Technology (Construction): TVET |
29 |
90.63 |
|
Building Technology (Woods)TVET |
19 |
95.00 |
|
Electrical and Electronics TVET |
9 |
36.00 |
The Ministry of Education will conduct a detailed analysis of the CSEC results for publishing at a later date which will be published on the government website.
The Ministry is cognizant of the contribution of each stakeholder to the education and development of the country’s young people. We look forward to the new academic year and the promise it holds for new and exciting opportunities.