The Ministry of Education, Youth Sports and Library Services offers congratulations to all of the successful candidates who sat the May/June 2015 CSEC examinations. This year, a total of 2,112 candidates were entered. The total number of candidates comprised 764 males and 1,348 females. Out of that total, 1,902 (685 males & 1,217 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.
“78.65% of the candidates obtained Grades I-III, which 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 that 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,” Hon. Missick added.
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) No. of Students obtaining Grades I-III % 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.
