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FAC 2017 (92) - THEATRE ARTS

108. FAC heard that in 2017, there was a five percent increase in candidates achieving
Grades I–III compared with 2016. Ninety-seven per cent of candidates earned Grades I–III
compared to 92 per cent in 2016.

109. Candidates continued to demonstrate challenges in understanding and using technical
theatre terminology as was required in Question 01 of Paper 01.

FAC 2017 (93) - VISUAL ARTS

110. FAC heard that seventy-seven per cent of the candidates who wrote the examination
in 2017 achieved Grades I–III compared with 68 percent in 2016. This improved performance
was also reflected in the performance on five of the expressive forms. Performance in
Painting, Graphic and Communication Design, Textile Design and Manipulation, Leathercraft
and Fibre and Decorative Arts improved compared with 2016. The percentage of candidates
achieving Grades A–C declined in two of the eight expressive forms offered: Drawing, and
Sculpture and Ceramics compared with

FAC 2017 (26) - ACCOUNTING

111. FAC heard that in Unit 1, 85 per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable Grades, I-
V, in 2017 compared with 87 per cent in 2016 and 96 per cent in 2015. There was a marginal
improved performance at Grades I-V for Module 1 and a decline on Module 2, while
performance on Module 3 remained consistent with that of 2016.

112. In Unit 2, 84 per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable Grades, I-V, in 2017
compared with 86 per cent in 2016 and 91 per cent in 2015. Performance at Grades I -V was
lower on Modules 1 and 2 in 2017 compared with 2016, while there an improved performance
on Module 3, Planning and Decision Making.

FAC 2017 (29) - APPLIED MATHEMATICS

113. FAC heard that in Unit 1, candidate performance improved with 94 per cent of the
candidates achieving acceptable grades, Grades I–V, in 2017 compared with 91 per cent in
2016. In Unit 2, 88 per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable grades, Grades I–V,
compared with 90 per cent in 2016.

114. This year the performance of candidates on all three modules in Unit 1 improved over
2016. However, there was a decline in performance on all three modules of Unit 2 compared
with 2016.

115. For both Units, the performance on the School-Based Assessment component of the
examination improved compared with 2016.

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