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Performance in Module 2, Poetry, also increased but by LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS
approximately 7 per cent. The number of candidates achieving Unit 1
Grades A–E in 2020 in Module 2 was approximately 97 per There was a decline in the overall performance of candidates
cent compared with 92 per cent in 2019 and 95 per cent in with approximately 84.9 per cent of candidates achieving
2018. acceptable grades, Grades I–V, compared with 91.8 per cent
in 2019 and 89.4 per cent in 2018. There was a decline in
However, performance in Module 3 was fairly consistent with performance on the multiple-choice paper, Paper 01, and the
2019. Approximately 95 per cent of the candidates achieved School-Based Assessment, Paper 03 over last year.
Grades A–E in 2020 and 94 per cent in 2019. Similar to Module
1, more candidates achieved Grades A–E in 2018 (98 %). Unit 2
The overall performance of candidates was comparable over
Unit 2 the three-year period 2018–2020 with approximately 79.5 per
The number of candidates’ achieving Grades, A–E, in Unit cent of candidates achieving acceptable grades, Grades I–V
2 also increased by approximately 2 per cent. In 2020, compared with 80.7 per cent in 2019 and 79.1 per cent in 2018.
approximately 97 per cent of the candidates achieved Grades Candidate performance improved on the multiple-choice
I–V, compared with 95 per cent in 2019 and 97 per cent in paper, Paper 01, while performance on the School-Based
2018. Assessment declined over last year.

The number of candidates achieving Grades A–E, increased MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS
in all three modules. In Module 1, approximately 98 per cent Unit 1
of the candidates achieved acceptable grades, A–E, in 2020 For Unit 1, 94.96 of the candidates earned acceptable Grades
compared with 95 per cent in 2019 and 2018. I-V. This was an improvement over 2018 where 89.03 earned
acceptable grades. It is consistent with the performance in
In Module 2, Poetry, approximately 94 per cent of the candidates 2018 where 94.40 per cent of candidates earned acceptable
achieved Grades A–E compared with approximately 90 per grades.
cent in 2019 and 94 per cent in 2018. Performance in Module
3, Prose Fiction, was similar to Module 2 as the number of Unit 2
candidates achieving Grades A–E was the same in 2018 and The performance in Unit 2 was consistent with that of Unit 1
2020, approximately 96 per cent. In 2020 approximately 90 where 95.57 percent of the candidates earned acceptable
per cent of the candidates achieved Grades A–E. Grades I-V. This is an improvement over the previous two years
where candidates earned 92.32 per cent and 94.24 percent in
2018 and 2019 respectively.

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