Page 21 - 2019 CXC Annual Report

World Class Exams – Suite of Qualifications

Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE )
®

SYNOPSES FOR CAPE® 2019 this year compared with 2018. Candidates’ best performance
was noted on Module 1, Agriculture and the Environment, and
ACCOUNTING candidates’ weakest performance was noted on Module 3,
In Unit 1, 88 per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable Livestock Products and Innovation.
Grades, I–V, in 2019 compared with 83 per cent in 2018.
There was a marginal improved performance on Module 2, ANIMATION AND GAME DESIGN
Preparation of Financial Statements and Module 3, Financial One hundred and twelve candidates wrote the Unit 1
Reporting and Interpretation, and a decline on Module 1, examination in 2019 compared with 83 in 2018 and 100 in 2017.
Accounting Theory, when compared with the performance in One hundred per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable
2018. Grades, I–V, compared with 91 per cent in 2018. Candidates
performed best on Module 1, Understanding Animation
In Unit 2, 80 per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable and Game Design, while Module 3, Story and Character
Grades, I–V, in 2019 compared with 82 per cent in 2018. There Development, proved the most challenging.
was an improvement in the performance on Module 3, Planning
and Decision Making, while the performance on Module 1, Fifty-three candidates wrote the Unit 2 examination in 2019.
Costing Principles, was consistent with the performance in One hundred per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable
2018. There was, however, a decline in the performance on Grades, I–V, compared with 98 per cent in 2018. Candidates
Module 2, Costing Systems, compared with the performance performed best on Module 2, Game Design and Development,
in 2018. while Module 1, Introduction to Interactive Design, proved the
most challenging.
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
In Unit 1, there was a decline in performance in 2019 compared The performance of candidates in the School-Based
with 2018. Eighty-eight per cent of the candidates achieved Assessment component was satisfactory and some of the
acceptable Grades, I–V, compared with 93 per cent in 2018. projects submitted in both Units were very creative.
There was a decline in candidates’ performance on Module
1, The Science and Business of Agriculture, and Module 3, APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Postharvest Technology, when compared with 2018. However, In Unit 1, there was a decline in performance in 2019 compared
there was a marginal improvement on Module 2, Horticulture with 2018. The percentage of candidates achieving acceptable
and Management. Candidates’ best performance was noted Grades, I–V, was 84 per cent compared with 92 per cent in
on Module 3 and candidates’ weakest performance was noted 2018. There was a decline in candidates’ performance across
on Module 1. all Modules this year, compared with 2018. Candidates’
best performance was noted on Module 1, Collecting and
In Unit 2, there was an improvement in candidates’ Describing Data, and candidates’ weakest performance was
performance in 2019. Ninety-five per cent of the candidates noted on Module 3, Analysing and Interpreting Data.
achieved acceptable Grades, I–V, compared with 88 per cent
in 2018. There was improved performance across all Modules

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