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Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC )
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT 69 per cent in 2018. This improved performance was also
The overall performance was excellent with 98 per cent of reflected in the performance on Paper 02, the Essay Paper,
candidates achieving acceptable Grades, I–III, in 2019. On Paper 031, the School-Based Assessment and Paper 032, the
Profile 1, Theory, the performance at Grade A declined with Alternative to the School-Based Assessment. Further, there
6 per cent of the candidates achieving Grade A in 2019, was also an improved performance on Profile 1, Knowledge
compared with 8 per cent in 2018. Overall, performance on and Comprehension, and Profile 2, Application. However, a
Profile 2, the Practical, was excellent. Candidates performed decline was noted on Profile 3, Interpretation and Analysis,
unsatisfactorily on the following theoretical aspects of the compared with 2018.
syllabus: History and Development of Physical Education and
Sport, Anatomy and Physiology and Health and Nutrition. PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS
This was the first examination of the revised syllabus. Though
PHYSICS there were no changes to the structure of Paper 01, Paper
There was an improved overall performance on this year’s 02 and 032, candidates now have the option of submitting
examination compared with 2018. The percentage of a single School-Based Assessment in the CSEC Business
candidates achieving acceptable Grades, I–III, was 73 per cent Cognate (Principles of Business, Principles of Accounts and
compared with 69 per cent in 2018. Economics).

Candidates’ performance on all Papers as well as on all three There was an improvement in the overall performance of
profiles, Profile 1, Knowledge and Comprehension, Profile 2, candidates, with 87 per cent achieving acceptable Grades, I–
Use of Knowledge and Profile 3, Experimental Skills, improved III, compared with 86 per cent in 2018. Candidate performance
compared with 2018. improved on Profile 2, Promotion and Logistics. However, a
marginal decline in performance was evident on Profile 3,
PORTUGUESE Finance, Government and Technology. With respect to Profile
In 2019, 142 candidates wrote the CSEC Portuguese 1, Organisational Principles, candidate performance was
examination compared with 116 candidates in 2018. Eighty-one consistent with that of 2018.
per cent of the candidates achieved the acceptable Grades, I–
III, compared with 72 per cent in 2018. There was an improved RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
performance on Profile 3, Speaking, and Profile 4, Writing, Seventy-five per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable
while the performance on Profile 1, Listening, and Profile 2, Grades, I–III, in 2019 compared with 86 per cent in 2018. This
Reading, was consistent with the performance in 2018. decline in overall performance was noted in the percentage of
candidates achieving Grades I and II in 2019 compared with
PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS 2018. In 2018, 10 per cent of the candidates achieved Grade I
This was the first examination of the revised syllabus. There compared with 6 per cent in 2019. Additionally, 41 per cent of
was an improved performance overall with 75 per cent of the candidates earned Grade II in 2018 compared with 34 per
the candidates achieving acceptable grades compared with cent in 2019.

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