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Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE )
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ECONOMICS Unit 2
Unit 1 Option A
The number of candidates who wrote for CAPE Economics Unit In Unit 2A, where there were only seven candidates (the same
1 examination declined from 2,365 in 2019 to 1,942 in 2020. in 2019), all candidates achieved acceptable Grades, II—V. This
is compared to 71 per cent in 2019 and 87 per cent in 2018. For
In 2020, the percentage of candidates achieving acceptable the third consecutive year no candidate received Grade I for
grades, Grades I-V, was consistent with 2019. The percentage this examination.
of candidates achieving acceptable grade in 2019 and 2020
was 85.07 and 86.26 respectively. There was a significant Option B
improvement in performance on Paper 01, the Multiple-Choice Ninety-six per cent of candidates achieved acceptable Grades,
paper. The mean increased from 66.19 in 2019 to 82.26 in 2020. II—V when compared to 92 per cent in 2019 and 97 per cent in
Performance on Paper 031, the school-based assessment, was 2018. For the second consecutive year no candidate received
consistent with the 2019. The means were 79.80 in 2019 and Grade I for this examination.
78.15 in 2020.
Performance on Paper 03 was similar across the two Units,
Unit 2 with 98 per cent of candidates achieving acceptable Grades
The number of candidates who wrote for CAPE Economics Unit I—V in Unit 1, a 100 per cent in Unit 2A and 95 per cent in Unit
2 examination declined from 1,869 in 2019 to 1,702 in 2020. 2B.

This year, the percentage of candidates achieving acceptable ENTREPRENEURSHIP
grades, Grades I-V, was consistent with 2019. The percentage Unit 1
of candidates achieving acceptable grade in 2019 and 2020 In 2020, approximately 97 percent of candidates achieved the
was 93.07 and 92.29 respectively. There was a significant acceptable grades I-V when compared with 98 in 2019 and
improvement in performance on Paper 01, the Multiple- 2018. Candidates Performance was consistent on Module
Choice paper. The mean increased from 75.85 in 2019 to 2, The Entrepreneurial Process, and Module 3, Creativity
82.03 in 2020. Performance on Paper 031, the school-based and Innovation while the performance on Module 1, The
assessment, was consistent with 2019. The means were 77.09 Entrepreneurial Mindset, declined.
in 2019 and 76.22 in 2020.
Unit 2
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING The performance of candidates was consistent with 2019
TECHNOLOGY and 2018 with 98 per cent of the candidates achieving the
Unit 1 acceptable Grades, I-V. The performance of the Modules was
Ninety-two per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable also consistent with that of 2019.
grades, I—V when compared to 96 per cent in 2019 and 84
per cent in 2018. Two per cent of candidates achieved Grade
I when compared to one per cent in 2019. No candidate
received Grade I in 2018.

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