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Unit 2 achieved Grade A-C compared with 48 per cent in 2019.
Approximately 973 candidates wrote the Unit 2 examination Module 3, Criminal Law showed a decline in performance.
in 2020, which was an increase from 826 candidates in 2019. Fifty-nine per cent of candidates achieved Grades A-C, down
from 66 per cent in 2019.
Of these candidates, 97.60 per cent of the candidates earned
acceptable Grades I-V compared to 97.05 per cent in 2019. Unit 2
There was a slight decrease in the number of candidates Ninety-three percent of candidates achieved Grade I-V There
earning Grades I, II and III in 2020 compared to 2019, with was also noticeable variation in the performance on the three
65.43 per cent of the candidates obtaining these grades modules of Unit 2, Private Law. While there was improved
compared to 66.91 per cent in 2019. performance on one module, there was a decline on each
of the other two. The proportion of candidates performing at
In 2020, the percentage at Grade I declined marginally, with Grades A-C on Module 2, Law of Contract increased from 46
14.10 per cent of the candidates earning Grade I compared to per cent in 2019 to 70 per cent in 2020. For Module 1, Law of
15.07 per cent of the candidates in 2019. Tort, the proportion declined from 76 per to 73 per cent and for
Module 3, Real Property, from 66 to 58 per cent.
INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS
The performance of candidates overall increased with 69.21 LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
per cent of the candidates sitting the examination 2020 Unit 1
earning Grades I to V, compared with 68.61 per cent of the Candidates’ performance at the acceptable grades, I–V,
candidates in 2019. increased by approximately 2 per cent in 2020 compared with
2019. In 2020, approximately 97 per cent of the candidates
There was a decrease in Grade I performances from 7.00 per achieved Grades I–V, compared with approximately 95 per
cent in 2019 to 6.96 per cent in 2020. Grade II performances cent in 2019. Performance in 2018 was higher than both
increased from 5.89 percent in 2019 to 7.43 per cent in 2020 2019 and 2020. Approximately 98 per cent of the candidates
while the Grade III performances increased from 9.54 per cent achieved Grades A–E.
in 2019 to 10.17 in 2020.
For 2020, the Modules were assessed in Paper 01 and Paper
LAW 031 only for both Units 1 and 2.
Unit 1
Eighty-nine percent of candidates achieved Grade I-V The Performance in Module 1, Drama, increased by approximately
performance on Unit 1, Public Law, varied across the different 9 per cent at Grades A–E. In 2020 approximately 97 per
modules. While there was improvement on two of the three cent of the candidates achieved Grades A–E compared with
modules, there was a decline on the other. On Module 1, approximately 88 per cent in 2019. However, performance
Caribbean Legal Systems, 80 per cent of the candidates in 2018 on this Module was consistent with 2020 when
achieved Grades A-C in 2020 compared with 76 per cent in approximately 98 per cent of the candidates earned Grades
2019. For Module 2, Public Law, 69 per cent of candidates A–E.

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