A total of 2,515 candidates were registered to write CXC (CSEC) examinations in May/June 2019, out of which one thousand five hundred and thirty (1,530) were females and nine hundred and eighty-five (985) were males. A total of one thousand, five hundred and twenty-three (1,523) were candidates attending school while nine hundred and ninety-two (992) were private candidates. There were 11,933 subject entries.
Overall there were 1,515 Grade ones, 3,108 Grade twos, 3,629 Grade threes, 2,175 Grade fours, 799 Grade fives, 30 Grade sixes and 677 ungraded or absent.
The pass rate in the examination in 2019 is 73.31%. An improvement of 2.81% as compared to the pass rate of 70.50% in 2018. In 2017, the pass rate was 67.36%.
The largest entries were in English A (1,592), Mathematics (1,580), Social Studies (752), Principles of Business (622) and Information Technology (519).
The lowest entries were in Music (1), Industrial Technology Mechanical (7), Theatre Arts (18), Additional Mathematics (35), and Religious Education (60).
The subjects with the highest percentage pass were Music (100%), Theatre Arts (100%), Physical Education and Sport (97.56%), Technical Drawing (95.75%), Food, Nutrition and Health (94.47%), Industrial Technology Electrcal (93.85%), Principles of Business (92.77%), Information Technology (92.74%),
Industrial Technology Building (91.73%), Agricultural Science (91.52%), and Electronic Documentation Preparation and Management (90.77%).
The subjects with the lowest percentage pass were Religious Education (16.94%), Human and Social Biology (33.11%), Mathematics (38.59%), French (45.21%), and Spanish (46.39%).
Performance in Mathematics remained relatively stable in 2019, against 2018. The percentage pass was 38.57% in 2018 and 38.59% in 2019. Performance in English A, however, improved significantly from to 66.98% pass in 2018 to 78.28% pass in 2019.
Table 1: Comparison of percentage pass rate in Mathematics and English A
| Subjects | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||
| Grenada | Region | Grenada | Region | Grenada | Region | |
| % Pass | % Pass | % Pass | ||||
| Mathematics | 35.61 | 44.64 | 38.57 | 49.0 | 38.59 | 46% |
| English A | 56.89 | 66.99 | 66.98 | 67.0 | 78.28 | 72% |
The top performances in the Examination are placed in descending order of
Grade 1.
Teja O. Patrice – Hillsborough Secondary School
Passed: 15 One’s: 14 Three’s: 1
Aleisha M. Roberts – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 14 One’s: 14
Sarah A. Logie – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 13 One’s: 13
Olivia S. Antoine – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 14 One’s: 12 Two’s: 2
Daniel Lyndon Michael Berkley – Westmorland Secondary School
Passed: 13 One’s: 10 Two’s: 3
Breanna J. Salfarlie – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 14 One’s: 9 Two’s: 5
Kendra E. John – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 13 One’s: 9 Two’s: 2 Three’s: 2
Dorian M. Noel – Presentation Brothers’ College
Passed: 13 One’s: 9 Two’s: 2 Three’s: 2
Kirla S. John – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 11 One’s: 9 Two’s: 2
Shemia N. S. Superville – St. Mark’s Secondary School
Passed: 11 One’s: 9 Two’s: 2
Noah Marcus Lessey – St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School
Passed: 11 One’s: 9 Two’s: 1 Three’s: 1
Donte Kyle Augustine Roberts – St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School
Passed: 11 One’s: 9 Two’s: 1 Three’s: 1
Performances in all of the pure sciences increased marginally in 2019. Chemistry increased by 0.71%. Performance in Physics and Biology increased by 3.22% and 0.88%, respectively. Table 2 shows a comparison of the percentage pass rate in these areas for 2016, 2017 and 2018, against the region’s performance.
Table 2: Comparison of percentage pass rate in the pure Sciences in 2017, 2018 and 2019
|
Subject |
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
| Grenada | Region | Grenada | Region | Grenada | Region | ||||
| Entries | % Pass | Entries | % Pass | Entries | % Pass | ||||
| Chemistry | 248 | 57.87 | 55.19 | 279 | 67.91 | 60.0 | 241 | 68.62 | 68% |
| Physics | 258 | 68.42 | 69.19 | 244 | 75.10 | 68.0 | 232 | 78.32 | 68% |
| Biology | 329 | 71.20 | 67.89 | 349 | 84.61 | 73.0 | 314 | 85.49 | 73% |
NB: The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development and Religious Affairs has not yet received the preliminary slips for individual candidates from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Therefore, candidates will have to collect individual slips in the next week or two when they are received from the council. However, candidates can access their results electronically from August 15th, 2019 between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
This is an update from the information posted below sent in by Ministry of Education.
A total of 2,515 candidates were registered to write CXC (CSEC) examinations in May/June 2019, out of which one thousand five hundred and thirty (1,530) were females and nine hundred and eighty-five (985) were males. A total of one thousand, five hundred and twenty-three (1,523) were candidates attending school while nine hundred and ninety-two (992) were private candidates. There were 11,933 subject entries.
Overall there were 1,515 Grade ones, 3,108 Grade twos, 3,629 Grade threes, 2,175 Grade fours, 799 Grade fives, 30 Grade sixes and 677 ungraded or absent.
The pass rate in the examination in 2019 is 73.31%. An improvement of 2.81% as compared to the pass rate of 70.50% in 2018. In 2017, the pass rate was 67.36%.
The largest entries were in English A (1,592), Mathematics (1,580), Social Studies (752), Principles of Business (622) and Information Technology (519)
The lowest entries were in Music (1), Industrial Technology Mechanical (7), Theatre Arts (18), Additional Mathematics (35), and Religious Education (60).
The subjects with the highest percentage pass were Music (100%), Theatre Arts (100%), Physical Education and Sport (97.56%), Technical Drawing (95.75%), Food, Nutrition and Health (94.47%), Industrial Technology Electrcal (93.85%), Principles of Business (92.77%), Information Technology (92.74%),
Industrial Technology Building (91.73%), Agricultural Science (91.52%), and Electronic Documentation Preparation and Management (90.77%).
The subjects with the lowest percentage pass were Religious Education (16.94%), Human and Social Biology (33.11%), Mathematics (38.59%), French (45.21%), and Spanish (46.39%).
Performance in Mathematics remained relatively stable in 2019, against 2018. The percentage pass was 38.57% in 2018 and 38.59% in 2019. Performance in English A, however, improved significantly from to 66.98% pass in 2018 to 78.28% pass in 2019.
Table 1: Comparison of percentage pass rate in Mathematics and English A
| Subjects | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||
| Grenada | Region | Grenada | Region | Grenada | Region | |
| % Pass | % Pass | % Pass | ||||
| Mathematics | 35.61 | 44.64 | 38.57 | 49.0 | 38.59 | 46% |
| English A | 56.89 | 66.99 | 66.98 | 67.0 | 78.28 | 72% |
The top performances in the Examination are placed in descending order of
Grade 1.
Aleisha M. Roberts – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 14 One’s: 14
Teja O. Patrice – Hillsborough Secondary School
Passed: 14 One’s: 13 Three’s: 1
Sarah A. Logie – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 13 One’s: 13
Olivia S. Antoine – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 14 One’s: 12 Two’s: 2
Daniel Lyndon Michael Berkley – Westmorland Secondary School
Passed: 13 One’s: 10 Two’s: 3
Breanna J. Salfarlie – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 14 One’s: 9 Two’s: 5
Kendra E. John – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 13 One’s: 9 Two’s: 2 Three’s: 2
Dorian M. Noel – Presentation Brothers’ College
Passed: 13 One’s: 9 Two’s: 2 Three’s: 2
Kirla S. John – St. Joseph’s Convent – St. George’s
Passed: 11 One’s: 9 Two’s: 2
Shemia N. S. Superville – St. Mark’s Secondary School
Passed: 11 One’s: 9 Two’s: 2
Noah Marcus Lessey – St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School
Passed: 11 One’s: 9 Two’s: 1 Three’s: 1
Donte Kyle Augustine Roberts – St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School
Passed: 11 One’s: 9 Two’s: 1 Three’s: 1
Performances in all of the pure sciences increased marginally in 2019. Chemistry increased by 0.71%. Performance in Physics and Biology increased by 3.22% and 0.88%, respectively. Table 2 shows a comparison of the percentage pass rate in these areas for 2016, 2017 and 2018, against the region’s performance.
Table 2: Comparison of percentage pass rate in the pure Sciences in 2017, 2018 and 2019
| Subject | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
| Grenada | Region | Grenada | Region | Grenada | Region | ||||
| Entries | % Pass | Entries | % Pass | Entries | % Pass | ||||
| Chemistry | 248 | 57.87 | 55.19 | 279 | 67.91 | 60.0 | 241 | 68.62 | 68% |
| Physics | 258 | 68.42 | 69.19 | 244 | 75.10 | 68.0 | 232 | 78.32 | 68% |
| Biology | 329 | 71.20 | 67.89 | 349 | 84.61 | 73.0 | 314 | 85.49 | 73% |
NB: The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development and Religious Affairs has not yet received the preliminary slips for individual candidates from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Therefore, candidates will have to collect individual slips in the next week or two when they are received from the council. However, candidates can access their results electronically from August 15th, 2019 between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
