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with 96 per cent in 2016. There was a marginal decrease in the percentage of Grade I in 2017
(13 per cent) from that of 14 per cent in 2016 but the performance was still distinctively better
that 2015 (4 per cent).

135. In Unit 2, there was a decline in candidate performance with 91 per cent of the
candidates achieving Grades I-V in 2017 compared with 99 per cent in 2016. There was also a
decline in the percentage of candidates who achieved Grade 1 (18per cent) from 24 per cent
in 2016 but an improvement over the 2015 performance of 10 per cent.

FAC 2017 (58) - SOCIOLOGY

136. FAC heard that in Unit 1, candidates’ performance in 2017 was consistent with 2016.
Ninety-one per cent of the candidates who wrote the Unit 1 examination achieved Grades I–
V compared with 90 per cent in 2016. While performance on Paper 01, the Multiple Choice,
and Paper 02, the Essay, remained consistent with 2016, performance on Paper 031, the
School-Based Assessment, and Paper 032, the Alternative to the School-Based Assessment,
showed a noticeable improvement. Performance on Module 1, Sociological Concepts,
Perspectives and Methods, and Module 3, Social Stratification, showed a marked
improvement but there was a slight decline on Module 2, Social Institutions: Family, Religion,
and Education when compared with 2016.

137. In Unit 2, the performance of candidates showed a slight improvement when
compared with that of 2016. Ninety-eight per cent of the candidates achieved Grades I–V this
year, as against 96 per cent in 2016. Significant improvement in candidate performance was
seen on Paper 01, the Multiple Choice and Paper 031, the School-Based Assessment while
performance on Paper 02, the Essay, remained consistent with 2016. There was a slight
decline in performance on Paper 032, the Alternative to the School-Based Assessment. While
there was consistency in candidates’ performance on Module 2, Crime and Deviance, there
was a marked improvement on Module 1, Population and Development and on Module 3,
Caribbean Social Issues: Poverty, Health and Environment, compared with 2016.

138. Despite the consistency in the level of candidate responses, candidate performance at
Grades I–III indicates a need for more emphasis to be placed on the application of sociological
concepts and theories to the topics across both units. This application should extend as well
into candidates’ essay writing strategies. Candidate performance on the research aspect of
the subject has shown improvement compared with the previous years.

FAC 2017 (65) - CARIBBEAN HISTORY

139. FAC heard there was improved performance in 2017 compared with 2016 as 75 per
cent of the candidates achieved Grades I–III compared with 73 per cent in 2016. While the
performance on the Knowledge and Comprehension profile was consistent with 2016, there
was improvement on the Use of Knowledge, Enquiry and Communication profile as 66 per
cent of candidates achieved profile Grades A–C compared with 62 per cent in 2016.

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