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Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC )
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ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PREPARATION AND This performance reflects a steady increase in the percentage
MANAGEMENT of candidates earning Grades A-C in Profile 2 over the three
In 2020, the performance of the candidates scoring the years.
acceptable Grades I–III was 95 per cent which is comparable
to the 95 percent in 2019, however this was a decline from 98 ENGLISH B
percent in 2018. The number of candidates who achieved Grades I–III increased
in 2020 by approximately 14 per cent compared with 2019. In
There was an overall improvement across all three profiles 2020, approximately 79 per cent of the candidates achieved
when compared to 2019, with Profile 1 improving from a mean Grades I–III compared with approximately 65 per cent in 2019.
per cent of 52.12 in 2019 to 65.46, Profile 2 improving from a Performance was however, consistent with that of 2018 when
mean per cent of 53.15 in 2019 to 64.21 and Profile 3 improving approximately 78 per of the candidates achieved Grades I–III.
from a mean per cent of 59.30 in 2019 to 75.54 in 2020.
Performance in Profile 1, Drama, and Profile 2, Poetry, increased
There was a slight improvement in the candidates’ performance while performance in Profile 3 declined.
on Paper 01, however there was a decline in performance on
both the Paper 03 and Paper 032, when compared to 2019. Approximately 81 per cent of the candidates achieved Grades
A-C in Profile 1 compared with approximately 63 per cent in
ENGLISH A 2019. This increase in the number of candidates achieving
Approximately 82 per cent of the candidates earned Grades A-C was also noted in Profile 2. In 2020 approximately
acceptable Grades, I–III in 2020 compared with approximately 77 per cent of the candidates achieved Grades A-C compared
79 per cent in 2019 and 72 per cent in 2018. This reflects with approximately 64 per cent in 2019 and 67 per cent in 2018.
a steady increase in the percentage of candidates earning
acceptable grades. Performance in Profile 3, in 2020 was lower than in Profile 1
and 2. Approximately 71 per cent of the candidates earned
In 2020, Profile 1 was assessed in Paper 01(Multiple Choice) Grades A-C in 2020 compared with 63 per cent in 2019 and
and Profile 2 in Paper 03 (SBA). 77 per cent in 2018.

The percentage of candidates earning Grades A-C in Profile FAMILY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1, Understanding, decreased compared with 2019 but was This was the fourth examination of the revised syllabus.
higher than 2018. In 2020, approximately 79 per cent of the
candidates earned Grades A-C compared with approximately In 2020, there has been an improvement in the overall
83 per cent in 2019 and 76 per cent in 2018. performance of candidates with approximately 85.5 percent
obtaining acceptable Grades I–IIII, compared to 82.2 per
Increased performance, however, was noted in Profile 2, cent in 2019 and 85.1 per cent in 2018. This improvement was
Expression, at Grades A-C. Approximately 77 per cent of evident mainly at the Grade I band.
the candidates earned Grades A-C in 2020 compared with
approximately 66 per cent in 2019 and 63 per cent in 2018.

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