May–June 2017 CXC (CSEC) Examinations Results

A total of 2,506 candidates were registered to write CXC (CSEC) examinations in May–June 2017, out of which 1,491 were females and 1,014 were males. A total of 1,861 were candidates attending school, while 645 were private candidates. There were 11,994 subject entries.

Overall there were:

• Grade 1: 1,206
• Grade 2: 2,761
• Grade 3: 2,749
• Grade 4: 2,399
• Grade 5: 1,188
• Grade 6: 153
• Ungraded or Absent: 561

The pass rate in the examination is 67.36%. In 2016, the pass rate was 69.78% and 70.8% in 2015. The largest entries were in English A (1,702), Mathematics (1,530), Social Studies (916), Principles of Business (654) and Information Technology (594). The lowest entries were in Theatre Arts (7), Industrial Technology Mechanical (11), Additional Mathematics (34), Religious Education (62) and Visual Arts (125).

The subjects with the highest percentage pass were: Theatre Arts (100%) Physical Education and Sport (99.44%), Principles of Business (93.33%), Electronic Document Preparation and Management (93.24%), Family and Resource Management (91.26%), Industrial Technology Electrical (90.92%), Food, Nutrition and Health (90.42%) and Technical Drawing (90.27%).

The subjects with the lowest percentage pass were: Mathematics (35.61%), English B (52.04%), French (53.89%), Industrial Technology Mechanical (54.55%) and Geography (56.84%). Performance in Mathematics declined from 38.23% pass in 2016 to 35.61% pass in 2017. Performance in English A declined from 64.36% pass in 2016 to 56.89% pass in 2017.

The top performances in the examination are placed in descending order of Grade 1:

Name/School	Passed	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3
Kimica Shelley Donald – Anglican High School	15	12	3
Eljay A F Watts – St Mark’s Secondary School	13	12	1
Shenizah Stiell – Hillsborough Secondary School	15	11	4
Joshua V D Francis – Presentation Brothers’ College	14	11	2	1
Rich Jr R R R Charles – Grenada Boys’ Secondary School	14	10	3	1
Tyler T John – Grenada Boys’ Secondary School	14	10	3	1
Tereque S A Raeburn – Presentation Brothers’ College	14	10	3	1
Azam B M Edwards – Grenada Boys’ Secondary School	13	10	2	1
Kiana C Slocombe – St Joseph Convent, St George’s	12	10	2
Bjorn F W Bubb – Grenada Boys’ Secondary School	13	9	3	1
Reanna Cecilia Mann – Anglican High School	13	9	3	1
Darhea K McMeo – St Joseph’s Convent, St George’s	12	9	3

Performances in Chemistry increased by 0.45%. Performance in Physics and Biology declined in 2017. Table 1 shows a comparison of the percentage pass rate in these areas for 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Table 1: Comparison of percentage pass rate in the pure Sciences in 2015 and 2016

	2015		2016			2017
	Grenada		Grenada		Region	Grenada
Subject	Entries	% Pass	Entries	% Pass	% Pass	Entries	% Pass
Chemistry	274	59.36	272	57.42	59.0	248	57.87
Physics	244	63.95	256	68.93	61.0	258	68.42
Biology	319	72.54	362	88.6	66.0	329	71.2

NB: The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development has not yet received the preliminary slips for individual candidates from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Therefore, candidates will have to collect their slips next week when they are received.

However, candidates can access their results electronically on CXC’s website

from 10 pm on 18 August 2017. Candidates must have their student identification number to access their results.

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