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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020

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Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE )
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CHEMISTRY COMPUTER SCIENCE
Unit 1 Unit 1
Approximately 89 percent of the candidates earned acceptable In 2020, approximately 1155 candidates wrote the Unit 1
grades I-V in 2020. This is a slight improvement over 2019 examination, which was an increase from approximately 1096
where 86.11 per cent of candidates earned acceptable grades. candidates in 2019.
However, the performance is below that of 2018, where 91.84
per cent candidates achieved acceptable grades. The performance of candidates overall in Unit1 was
comparable to the 2019 examination, with 93.94 percent of
Unit 2 the candidates sitting the examination in 2020 earning Grades
Approximately 93 percent of the candidates earned acceptable I to V compared with 93.72 per cent of the candidates in 2019.
grades I-V in 2020. This is consistent with 2019 where 91.71
per cent of candidates earned acceptable grades. However, Unit 2
the performance is below that of 2018, where 94.35 per cent Approximately 754 candidates wrote the Unit 2 examination
candidates achieved acceptable grades. in 2020, which was a decrease from approximately 842
candidates in 2019.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
There was a marginal decline in the number of candidates The performance of candidates overall in Unit 2 improved,
entered for the 2020 CAPE Communication Studies compared with the 2019 examination, with 95.42 per cent of
examination when compared with that for 2019. The number the candidates sitting the examination in 2020 earning Grades
moved from 16,935 in 2019 to 16,646 in 2020. I to V compared with 94.47 per cent of the candidates in 2019.

The overall performance for 2020 was consistent with 2019 DIGITAL MEDIA
as 97 per cent of candidates achieved Grades I-V. There was Unit 1
noticeable increase at the Grade II level. Approximately 25 per Ninety-eight per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable
cent of candidates achieved this grade up from 21 per cent in Grades I—V when compared to 97 per cent in 2019 and 99 per
2019. cent in 2018. Thirty-five per cent of candidates achieved Grade
I in 2020 when compared to 39 per cent in 2019 and 36 per
There was an improvement in the performance on all three cent in 2018.
modules: Module 1 - Gathering and Processing Information,
Module 2 - Language and Community and Module 3 - Speaking Unit 2
and Writing. The proportion of candidates who achieved Ninety-eight per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable
Grades A-C increased by approximately 7 per cent on each Grades I—V when compared to 97 per cent in 2019 and 99
module. per cent in 2018. Forty-three per cent of candidates achieved
Grade I in 2020 when compared to 44 per cent in 2019 and 45
per cent in 2018.

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