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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2019

World Class Exams – Suite of Qualifications

Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE )
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In Unit 2, the percentage of candidates achieving acceptable Module 2, Genetics, Variation and Natural Selection, compared
Grades, I–V, was 93 per cent in 2019 compared with 92 with 2018. However, there was a decline in candidates’
per cent in 2018. There was an improvement in candidates’ performance on Module 3, Reproductive Biology. Candidates’
performance on Module 1, Discrete Mathematics, and Module best performance was noted on Module 2 and candidates’
3, Particle Mechanics, this year compared with 2018. However, weakest performance was noted on Module 3. This was the
there was a decline in candidates’ performance on Module 2, first year that Paper 02 was examined using a new format;
Probability and Distributions. Candidates’ best performance there was an improvement in candidates’ performance on this
was noted on Module 1 and candidates’ weakest performance paper compared with 2018.
was noted on Module 2.
In Unit 2, candidates’ performance in 2019 was consistent
ART AND DESIGN with the performance in 2018. The percentage of candidates
In Unit 1, candidates’ performance in 2019 was consistent with achieving acceptable Grades, I-V, was 95 per cent in both
2018. The percentage of candidates achieving acceptable 2019 and 2018. There was an improvement in candidates’
Grades, I-V, was 99 per cent in both 2018 and 2019. performance on Module 2, Biosystems Maintenance, this
Candidates’ performance across all Modules this year was year compared with 2018. However, there was a decline
consistent with 2018. This was the third year that Paper 01 in candidates’ performance on Module 1, Bioenergetics
was administered using the Multiple-Choice format and there and Conservation, and Module 3, Applications of Biology.
was a marginal decline in candidates’ performance on Paper Candidates’ best performance was noted on Module 3 and
01 when compared with 2018. candidates’ weakest performance was noted on Module 2.
This was the first year that Paper 02 was administered using
In Unit 2, there was a decline in performance in 2019 when a new format; there was an improvement in candidates’
compared with 2018. Ninety-eight per cent of the candidates performance on this paper compared with 2018.
achieved acceptable Grades, I–V, compared with 100 per cent
in 2018. There was a decline in candidates’ performance across BUILDING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DRAWING
all Modules this year compared with 2018. Candidates’ weakest Option A
performance was noted on Module 3, Creative Projects. This In Unit 1, 93 per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable
was the second year that Paper 01 was administered using Grades, I—V. In Unit 2, 90 per cent of candidates achieved
the Multiple-Choice format and there was a marginal decline acceptable grades. The performance on Unit 1, Paper 01,
in candidates’ performance on Paper 01 compared with 2018. was reasonable, with 93 per cent of candidates achieving
acceptable grades. Similarly, in Unit 2, Paper 01, 94 per cent
BIOLOGY of candidates achieved acceptable Grades, I–V. There was
In Unit 1, candidates’ performance in 2019 was consistent an improved performance on Unit 1, Paper 02 compared with
with the performance in 2018. The percentage of candidates 2018, with 29 per cent of the candidates achieving acceptable
achieving acceptable Grades, I–V, was 89 per cent in both grades. However, there was a decline in performance on
2019 and 2018. There was an improvement in candidates’ Unit 2, Paper 02 compared with 2018, with 21 per cent of the
performance on Module 1, Cell and Molecular Biology, and candidates achieving acceptable grades.

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