The Ministry of Education, Youth Sports and Library Services congratulates all the successful candidates who sat the May/June 2014 CSEC examinations. For this year, a total of 2030 candidates were entered, of which comprised 767 males and 1263 females. Out of that total, 1775 (639 males & 1136 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.
Based on the data, 1356 or 76.39% of the candidates obtained Grades I-III. The national pass rate of 76.39 represents an increase of 3.81 percentage points, when compared to 2013 pass rate of 72.58. The following overall passing grades were obtained as a percentage of the number of persons who sat the examinations:
Grade I=15.21% Grade II=30.54% Grade III=30.65%.
A further break down of the key subjects is as followed:
Mathematics General Proficiency: Of the 212 candidates, 116 or 54.72% obtained passing grades of I-III. Of this figure, 6.6% obtained Grade I, 18.87% Grade II and 29.25% Grade III. When compared to 2013 pass rate of 31.54, this year represents a tremendous increase of 23.18 percent.
English A General Proficiency: Of the 291 candidates, 196 or 67.35% obtained passing grades of I-III. Of this figure, 12.37% obtained Grade I, 23.02% Grade II, and 31.96% Grade III. When compared to 2013 pass rate of 67.21%, there was an increase of 0.14 percent, which in essence remained flat. Table 1, provides a breakdown of the other subjects.
|
Subjects (General Proficiency) |
No. of Students obtaining Grades I-III |
% Passes |
|
Chemistry |
28 |
73.68 |
|
Biology |
44 |
80 |
|
Human & Social Biology |
53 |
66.25 |
|
Caribbean History |
21 |
56.75 |
|
Clothing & Textiles |
24 |
80 |
|
Economics |
2 |
100 |
|
English B |
47 |
75.80 |
|
Food and Nutrition |
79 |
97.53 |
|
French |
7 |
70 |
|
Geography |
16 |
59.25 |
|
Home Economic Management |
59 |
96.72 |
|
Information Technology |
90 |
89.1 |
|
Integrated Science |
73 |
93.58 |
|
Music |
9 |
100 |
|
Office Administration |
44 |
91.66 |
|
Physics |
31 |
83.78 |
|
Principles of Accounts |
29 |
76.31 |
|
Principles of Business |
62 |
95.38 |
|
Religious Education |
19 |
95 |
|
Social Studies |
82 |
59.42 |
|
Spanish |
32 |
71.11 |
|
Technical Drawing |
38 |
86.36 |
|
Visual Arts |
27 |
100 |
|
EDPM |
51 |
91.07 |
|
Physical Education |
24 |
100 |
|
Building Technology (Construction): TVET |
12 |
92.30 |
|
Building Tech (Woods)TVET |
32 |
96.96 |
|
Electrical and Electronics TVET |
9 |
69.23 |
It is important to highlight noteworthy performances in subjects such as Integrated Science, Food and Nutrition, Principle of Business, Building Technology, Technical Drawing, Physical Education, and Integrated Science all with a pass rate of over 90%. Of note also are the high pass rates in the pure Sciences, Chemistry, Biology and Physics with pass rates of over 70%.
The Ministry of Education will conduct a more detailed analysis of the CSEC results for publishing at a later date.
In ensuring that needed resources are provided to strengthen educational outcomes in the Turks and Caicos, the Ministry has committed to the provision of funds for teachers to undertake professional developments in areas of best practices to gauge their professional development this will indeed continue to improve overall performance by our students.
The Ministry also wants to acknowledge all the stakeholders who have played their part in the education of the Nation’s youth and will continue to partner with them to ensure that avenues for cutting edge educational opportunities are provided here in the TCI.
