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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020

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Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE )
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Unit 2
Unit 1 The number of candidates gaining Grades I to V in 2020 is
In 2020, 74.72 per cent earned Grades I to III compared to 97.67 compared to 98.78 per cent in 2019 and 97.80 per cent
74.42 per cent in 2019 and 70.94 per cent in 2018. in 2018.
In 2020, 95.56 per cent of the candidates earned Grades I to V
compared to 97.19 per cent in 2019 and 95.99 per cent in 2018. The number of candidates gaining Grades I to III in 2019 is
62.12 per cent compared to 78.78 per cent in 2019 and 68.06
Unit 2 per cent in 2018.
In 2020, 79.89 per cent earned Grades I to III compared to
68.17 per cent in 2019 and 78.34 per cent in 2018. FRENCH
In 2020, 98.60 per cent of the candidates earned Grades I to V Unit 1
compared to 96.23 percent in 2019 and 98.16 per cent in 2018. In 2020, 231 candidates wrote the CAPE French Unit 1
examination compared to 266 in 2019 and 239 in 2018. The
FINANCIAL SERVICES STUDIES performance in the 2020 examination decreased slightly
Unit 1 when compared to 2019 with 97 per cent of the candidates
Eighty-three per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable achieving the acceptable Grades I – V.
Grades I—V when compared to 73 per cent in 2019 and 54 per
cent in 2018. Three per cent of candidates achieved Grade I The performance of the candidates on Paper 01 in 2020
in 2020 when compared to 3 per cent in 2019. No candidate was comparable to 2019. There was a slight decrease in
received Grade I in 2018. performance on Paper 02 and Paper 03 when compared
to 2019. The performance in the SBA Paper 04 remains
Unit 2 comparable to that of 2019.
All candidates achieved acceptable Grades I—V when
compared to 100 per cent in 2019 and 35 per cent in 2018. No Unit 2
candidate received Grade I in 2020 and 2018 when compared In 2020, 238 candidates wrote the CAPE French Unit 2
to 8 per cent. examination compared to 202 in 2019 and 252 in 2018. . The
performance in the 2020 examination decreased slightly
FOOD AND NUTRITION when compared to 2019 with 96 per cent of the candidates
Unit 1 achieving the acceptable Grades I – V.
The number of candidates gaining Grades I to V in 2020 is
96.89 compared to 93.94 per cent in 2019 and 96.58 per cent There was a decrease in performance of the candidates on
in 2018. Paper 01, Paper 02 and Paper 03 when compared to 2019.
The candidate’s performances on Paper 04 were comparable
The number of candidates gaining Grades I to III in 2020 is to the performances in 2019.
52.26 per cent compared to 45.32 per cent in 2019 and 48.43
per cent in 2018.

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