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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020

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BIOLOGY Candidates’ performance varied across the modules. There
Approximately 88.64 percent of candidates obtained Grades was an increase in the number of candidates performing at
A-C on Paper 1 in 2020, compared to 84.73 percent in 2019 Grades A-C on Profile 1 - Knowledge and Comprehension, and
and 83.75 percent in 2018. For Paper 030 (SBA), 87.64 percent a decline on Profile 2 - Use of Knowledge, Communication and
of candidates obtained Grades A-C in 2020, compared to Enquiry. The proportion of candidates achieving Grades A-C
84.96 percent in 2019 and 84.54 percent in 2018 and for Paper on Profile 1 increased from 55 in 2019 to 74 per cent in 2020.
032, 13.81 percent of candidates obtained Grades A-C in 2020, On Profile 2, the figure declined from 65 per cent in 2019 to
compared to 10.14 percent in 2019 and 4.36 percent in 2018. 54 in 2020.

For Profile 1 (KC), 76.11 percent of candidates obtained Grades CHEMISTRY
A-C compared to 72.93 percent in 2019 and 72.26 percent in There has been an increase in the overall performance of
2018. There was an increase in performance for this profile candidates in the 2020 examination, with 73.43 per cent
when compared to 2019 and 2018. For Profile 2 (UK), 67.09 of candidates achieving acceptable grades, Grades I–III
percent of candidates obtained Grade A-C compared to 46.89 compared with 67.96 per cent in 2019.
percent in 2019 and 52.38 percent in 2018. There was an
increase in this profile when compared to 2019 and 2018. For There was an increase at the Grade I band performance; with
Profile 3, 69.84 percent of candidates obtained Grades A-C 22.29 per cent of the candidates earning Grade I compared to
compared to 95.80 percent in 2019 and 95.89 percent in 2018. 21.20 per cent of the candidates in 2019.

The mean score (42.57) for Paper 1 in 2020 compared to the ECONOMICS
mean score in 2019 and 30.62 in 2018. In 2020 was the second sitting for the new syllabus in
Economics. Approximately 71.68 per cent of candidates earned
CARIBBEAN HISTORY acceptable Grades I–III. This is consistent with both 2018 and
The number of candidates registered for the 2020 sitting of the 2019 where 71.54 per cent and 69.90 per cent of candidates
Caribbean History examinations continued to show a decline. respectively earned acceptable Grades I–III.
Eight thousand, nine hundred and eighteen candidates
registered to sit the examination in 2020 compared to 9 135 There was an improvement in the mean percentage for Paper
in 2019 and 9 673 in 2018. This represents a seven per cent 01 of approximately 11 per cent over the 2019 performance from
decline over 2018. 64.04 to 75.15 per cent. There was a 6 per cent decline in the
mean performance of Paper 031 (SBA) when compared with
There was an increase in the number of candidates performing 2019, from 86.33 to 81.09 per cent. However, the performance
at the Grades I–III levels, in 2020, when compared with 2019. was consistent with that of 2018.
For 2020, 71 percent of the candidates achieved Grades I–III
in 2020 compared with 64 per cent in 2019. The figure was
consistent with that for 2018.

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