Improvement in CSEC science marks this year

“The most significant improvement was in Physics with 65 percent of the entries achieving grades I to III, the acceptable grades at CSEC. This is a seven percent improvement when compared with performance in 2016 when 57 percent of entries achieved similar grades.” For Biology, there was a four percent improvement with 47 percent of entries achieving Grades I to III compared with 39 percent in 2016. Chemistry saw a three percent improvement with 39 percent of entrants passing compared with 36 percent in 2016.

Further, Information Technology also saw a better performance with 63 percent of entries achieving Grades I to III, compared with 60 percent in 2016. Performance in the programming section of this exam continued to be poor, despite more candidates attempting the related questions.

English B performance remained the same as in 2016 at 57 percent. For English A, there was a decline in performance after five years of continual improvement.

Fifty-six percent of entries achieved Grades I to III this year compared with 62 percent in 2016.

Principles of Business returned the best overall results in the January sitting, with 85 percent of entries achieving acceptable grades, the same as 2016. It was also the subject with the highest percent of Grade Is - some 23 percent.

Performance on Principles of Accounts improved marginally with 42 percent of entries achieving Grades I to III compared with 41 percent in 201