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GEOGRAPHY There was an improvement in the performance of the
Unit 1 candidates on the Paper 01 when compared to 2019 and 2018.
Ninety-nine per cent of the candidates earned acceptable There was a slight decrease in the candidate’s performance
grades I-V. This is consistent with the previous two years on the Paper 03 (SBA) in 2020 when compared to 2019 and
where candidates earned 99.07 percent and 98.77 percent in 2018. The Paper 02 was not administered in 2020.
2019 and 2018 respectively.
Unit 2
Unit 2 In 2020, 659 candidates wrote the CAPE History Unit 2
For Unit 2 a similar performance was seen where 98.29 per Examination when compared to 804 in 2019 and 781 in 2018.
cent of the candidates earned acceptable grades I-V. This is There was an overall improvement in candidate’s performance
also consistent with the previous two years where candidates in 2020 where the percentage of acceptable Grades I – V
earned 98 per cent and 98.86 per cent in 2019 and 2018 increased to 90 per cent, compared to 80 per cent in 2019
respectively. and 87 per cent in 2018.

GREEN ENGINEERING There was an improvement in the performance of the
Unit 1 candidates on the Paper 01 when compared to 2019 and 2018.
Approximately 91% of the candidates achieved a passing There was a slight decrease in the candidate’s performance
grade, Grades I-V, in 2020. This is a slight decline from 2019 on the Paper 03 (SBA) in 2020 when compared to 2019 and
where 92% of the candidates received a passing grade. 2018. The Paper 02 was not administered in 2020.

Unit 2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Unit 2 experienced a decrease in the number of candidates Unit 1
achieving a passing grade from 97% in 2019 to 89% in 2020. In 2020, approximately 1428 candidates wrote Unit 1
examination, which was an increase from approximately 1361
The total number of candidates writing the examination candidates in 2019.
declined for Unit 1 and more than doubled for Unit 2.
Of these candidates, 94.2 per cent earned acceptable Grades
HISTORY I-V compared to 93.8 per cent who earned similar grades in
Unit 1 2019.There was a slight improvement in performance across
In 2020, 788 candidates wrote the CAPE History Unit 1 Grades I –III in 2020, with 60.02 per cent of candidates
Examination compared to 765 in 2019 and 10630 in 2018. obtaining these grades compared to 58.20 per cent in 2019.
There was an improvement in the performance of the There was a comparable performance in the Grade I band in
candidates taking the 2019 examination. The percentage of 2020, with 13.03 per cent of the candidates earning Grade I
candidates achieving Grades I – V in 2020 was 91 per cent, compared to 13.83 per cent of the candidates in 2019.
which is comparable to of 2019 and 2018

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