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(c) Workshop for Physical Education and Sport Examiners to standardize the practical
examination.

(d) Science SBA Moderation Workshop was held for Biology, Chemistry, Physics and
Integrated Science moderators in preparation for the Science SBA Moderation exercise.

4.2 CXC Teacher Orientation Workshops

Co-ordinated the following Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Workshops
facilitated by Teachers who attended Workshops in Jamaica and/or with experience
teaching the subjects or are serving as Markers:
 August 10-11, 2017 CSEC Industrial Technology: Building (20 participants, 13 schools)
 August 10-11, 2017 CSEC Industrial Technology: Electrical (10 participants, 8 schools)
 August 10-11, 2017 CSEC Industrial Technology: Mechanical (11 participants, 10 schools)
 August 10-11, 2017 CSEC Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Integrated Science) (108
participants, 37 schools)
 August 9-11, 2017 CSEC Technical Drawing (25 participants, 20 schools)
 August 9-10, 2017 CSEC Mathematics (74 participants, 37 Schools)
 August 10-11, 2017 CSEC Agricultural Science (21 participants, 19 schools)
 August 10-11, 2017 CSEC English A & B (105 participants, 46 schools)
 August 9-11, 2017 CSEC Home Economics: Food Nutrition & Health (21 participants, 18
schools)
 August 9-11, 2017 CSEC Home Economics: Textile, Fashion & Clothing (6 participants, 6
schools)
 August 9-11, 2017 CESC Home Economics: Family & Resource Management (10
participants, 8 schools)
 August 9, 2017 CSEC Sciences – Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Integrated Science
(Moderators Only) (26 participants, 15 schools)
 August 10-11, 2017 CSEC Basic Research Methods for Business Cognate Teachers (POA,
POB, & Economic) (58 participants, 27 schools)
 August 10-11, CAPE 2017 Sciences – Biology, Chemistry, Physics (3 participants, 3
schools)

5.0 Analysis of May-June 2017 Results

This section provides a brief analysis of May-June 2017 CXC examinations results in order to give an
overview of the performance of our students in two of the regional examinations administered by
CXC.

5.1 CSEC May-June 2017 Results

The results for the May-June 2017 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)
shows that three thousand seven hundred ninety-four (3,794) candidates made up of 1,666 males
(44%) and 2,128 females (56%) registered for 32 of the 34 subjects offered at the CSEC level. The
candidates registered for the May-June 2017 CSEC sitting represent a decrease of 118 candidates (-
3.0%) compared to the May-June 2016 sitting.

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