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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020

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Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE )
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SYNOPSES FOR CAPE® 2020 Unit 2
ACCOUNTING Eighty-four per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable
Unit 1 Grades, I—V when compared to 100 per cent in 2019 and 98
Eighty-seven percent of the candidates achieved acceptable per cent in 2018. Nine per cent of candidates achieved Grade I
Grades, I-V, in 2020 compared with 88 per cent in 2019 and in 2020 when compared to 4 per cent in 2019 and 12 per cent
83 percent in 2018. When compared with the performance in 2018.
in 2019, there were improved performances on Module 1,
Accounting Theory and Module 3, Financial Reporting and In 2020, candidates’ performance on the SBA (Paper 03) was
Interpretation. There was a decline in performance on Module significantly lower than previous years. While there has been
2, Preparation of Financial Statements. an improvement in the Paper 01 means for Unit 2, this has
been masked by the decline in performance on the Paper 03.
Unit 2
Eighty-two per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable Candidates have been submitting projects inconsistent with
Grades, I-V, in 2020 compared with 80 per cent in 2019 and the requirements of the syllabus.
83 percent in 2018. When compared with the performance in
2018, there were improved performances on Module 2, Costing APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Systems and Module 3, Planning and Decision Making. There Unit 1
was a decline in performance on Module 1, Costing Principles. The percentage of candidates earning acceptable grades
(Grades I-V) was approximately 92.04 per cent compared with
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE 84.83 per cent in 2019 and 91.96 per cent in 2017.
Unit 1
The percentage of candidates earning acceptable grades Unit 2
(Grades I-V) was approximately 90.17 per cent compared with The percentage of candidates earning acceptable grades
88.24 per cent in 2019 and 93.12 per cent in 2018. (Grades I-V) was approximately 95.79 per cent compared with
93.23 per cent in 2019 and 92.31 per cent in in 2018.
Unit 2
The percentage of candidates earning acceptable grades ART AND DESIGN
(Grades I-V) was approximately 95.79 compared with 93.23 Unit 1
per cent in 2019 and 92.31 per cent in 2018. The percentage of candidates earning acceptable grades
(Grades I-V) was approximately 96.76 compared with 99.02 in
ANIMATION AND GAME DESIGN 2019 and 99.29 per cent in 2018.
Unit 1
Ninety-two per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable Unit 2
Grades, I—V when compared to 100 per cent in 2019 and 98 The percentage of candidates earning acceptable grades
per cent in 2018. Nine per cent of candidates achieved Grade (Grades I-V) was approximately 98.42 compared with 97.07 per
I in 2020 when compared to 10 per cent in 2019 and 12 per cent and 99.46 per cent in 2018.
cent in 2018.

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