Page 31 - 2019 CXC Annual Report

World Class Exams – Suite of Qualifications

Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC )
®

SYNOPSES FOR CSEC® 2019 BIOLOGY
In 2019, 77 per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable
ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS Grades, I–III, compared with 73 per cent in 2018. Performance
There was a marginal improvement in the performance of on Paper 01 the Multiple-Choice Paper, was consistent with
candidates in 2019 compared with 2018. Seventy-two per cent 2018. There was an improvement in candidates’ performance
of the candidates achieved acceptable grades, Grades I–III, on Paper 02, the Essay Paper and on Paper 03, the School-
compared with 70 per cent in 2018. Performance on Profile 1, Based Assessment.
Conceptual Knowledge, and Profile 3, Reasoning, improved,
while performance on Profile 2, Algorithmic Knowledge, CARIBBEAN HISTORY
remained consistent with the previous year. There was a decline in performance in 2019 when compared
with 2018. In 2018, 70 per cent of the candidates achieved
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE DOUBLE AWARD (DA) Grades I–III while in 2019 the figure declined to 64 per cent.
Ninety-eight per cent of the candidates who wrote the DA This decline in performance was most noticeable at the Grade
Examination in 2019 achieved Grades I–III compared with II band where 22 per cent of candidates achieved this grade
96 per cent in 2018. There was a marked improvement in compared with 27 per cent in 2018.
performance on Paper 01, the Multiple-Choice Paper and
both Essay Papers, Paper 02 and Paper 03, compared with Candidates’ performance varied across profiles. While
2018. Candidate performance remained consistent on Paper there was a decline in performance on the Knowledge and
04, the School-Based Assessment. Marked improvement Comprehension profile, performance on Use of Knowledge was
in performance was also seen on all profiles, Profile 01, the consistent with 2018. The percentage of candidates achieving
Business of Farming, Profile 02, Crop Production and Profile Profile Grades A–C on the Knowledge and Comprehension
03, Animal Production, compared with 2018. profile declined from 60 per cent in 2018 to 53 per cent, while
for Use of Knowledge the percentage remained at 65 per cent.
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE SINGLE AWARD (SA)
Ninety-two per cent of the candidates who wrote the SA CHEMISTRY
examination in 2019 achieved acceptable Grades, I-III, There was a significant improvement in the overall performance
compared with 85 per cent in 2018. Candidate performance on of candidates compared with 2018, with 74 per cent of
Paper 03, the School-Based Assessment remained consistent candidates achieving acceptable Grades, I–III, compared with
with 2018, while there was a marked improvement on Papers 61 per cent in 2018.
01, the Multiple-Choice Paper and 02, the Essay Paper.
Performance on all profiles, Profile 01, Business of Farming, An improvement in candidate performance was evident on
Profile 02, Crop Production and Profile 03, Animal Production, Profile 1, Knowledge and Comprehension, and Profile 2, Use
showed marked improvement when compared with 2018. of Knowledge; while performance on Profile 3, Experimental
Skills, was consistent with 2018.
This was the second examination for the revised syllabus.

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