Page 35 - 2020 CXC Annual Report

World Class Exams – Suite of Qualifications

Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC )
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Option C (Building) Performance on Paper 01, the Multiple Choice, showed marked
In 2020, 3835 candidates took the Option C examination. This improvement when compared with 2019, while there was
was a slight decrease from 2019 which had 3943 candidates a notable decline in performance on Paper 03, the School-
writing the examination. The acceptable grades, Grades I–III, Based Assessment.
obtained by candidates were 85% in 2018, 91% in 2019 and
89% in 2020. The performance on Paper 032, The Alternate to the School-
Based Assessment, which was done for the third time, showed
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY a marked improvement when compared with 2019. There was
In 2020, 90 per cent of the candidates achieved acceptable a significant improvement in performance on all three profiles;
Grades, I–III compared with 92 per cent in 2019. There was an Profile 01 – Knowledge, Profile 02 – Comprehension and
increase in candidates’ performance on Profile 1 (Theory) while Profile 03 – Reasoning, when compared with 2019.
Profile 2 (Productivity Tools) and Profile 3 (Problem Solving
and Programming) showed a decline in performance when MUSIC
compared with 2019. In 2020, 770 candidates took the examination which is a
significant decrease from 2019 which had 849 candidates
Approximately 27 per cent of candidates received Grade I in writing the examination. Overall, there was a slight increase in
2020 compared to 32 per cent in 2019 and 25 per cent in performance in 2020 compared with the previous two years.
2018. The acceptable grades, Grades I–III, obtained by candidates
were 75.21% in 2018, 80.34% in 2019 and 85.58% in 2020
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
The percentage of candidates earning acceptable grades OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
(Grades I–III) was approximately 72.43 compared with 62.37 In 2020, approximately 85 per cent of the candidates achieved
per cent in 2019 and 62.29 per cent in 2018. acceptable grades compared with 85 percent in 2019 and 83
per cent in 2018.
At the Grade I band, approximately 8 per cent of candidates
received Grade I in 2020 when compared to 5 per cent in 2019 There was an improved performance on Paper 01, the Multiple
and 3 per cent in 2018. Choice Paper, with 86 per cent of the candidates achieving
acceptable grades compared with 81 per cent in 2019 and 79
MATHEMATICS per cent on 2018.
Approximately 51.4 per cent of the candidates who wrote
the Mathematics Examination in 2020 were awarded the On Paper 031, the School-Based Assessment, 97 per cent of
acceptable Grades I–III, compared with approximately 46 per the candidates achieved acceptable grades – a consistent
cent in 2019 and 49 per cent in 2018. performance compared with 2018 and 2019. However, in
2020, there was a decline in the percentage of candidates
achieving Grade I on the SBA.

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