Schools outside of Georgetown offering the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examina-tions (CAPE) have recorded commendable improvements in the overall performance of students this year, compared with last year.
Tops among these were New Amsterdam Multilateral, which had the country’s top student, the Adult Education Association (Region Six), Mackenzie High School, and Berbice High School.
There were also significant improvements in the performance in Physics Unit 1 and Economics Unit 1 but overall passes in Pure Mathematics Unit 1, Applied Mathematics Unit 11 and Economics Unit 11 were below 50 per cent, the Ministry of Education said in a press release on Wednesday.
According to the local Examinations Division, New Amsterdam Multilateral in Region Six gained an 87.8 per cent pass rate at the recent examinations compared with the 78.91 per cent obtained in 2009.
The Adult Education Association, a private centre also in Region Six, secured an overall 62.5 per cent pass, a 12.5 per cent increase from last year. The Examinations Division reported also that Mackenzie High School in Linden registered an 89.29 per cent pass, a slight improvement from the 88.46 per cent pass in 2009.
|And notably the Berbice High School which offered the examinations for the first time registered an 86.67 per cent overall pass.
Meanwhile, New Amsterdam Multilateral produced the country’s top student, Eileen Marray who secured Grade One in Caribbean Studies, Communication Studies, Accounting and Economics Unit 1 and Business Manage-ment Unit 11.
Suzanne Hamilton, a student of Mackenzie High School, was also among the country’s top performers, obtaining Grade One in Account-ing and Economics and Grade Four in Sociology Unit 1 and Grade Two in Informa-tion Technology and Business Management Unit 11.
This year, the release said further, the national overall pass rate was 80.4 per cent and candidates obtained 100 per cent passes in Environmental Science Unit 1 and Unit 11; French Unit 1 and Unit 11; Geography Unit 11; Information Technology Unit 11; Literatures in English Unit 11; Spanish Unit 1; Sociology Unit 11; and Food & Nutrition Unit 1.
Candidates obtained a pass rate of 75 per cent or higher in Accounts Unit 1; Biology Unit 11; History Unit 11; Communication Studies Unit 1; Caribbean Studies Unit 1; Chemistry Unit 11; Economics Unit 1; Information Technology Unit 1; Geography Unit 1; Law Unit 1 and Unit 11; Literatures in English Unit 1; Business Management Unit 1 and Unit 11; Physics Unit 11, Pure Mathematics Unit 11; Sociology Unit 1 and Computer Science Unit 11.
A pass rate of 50 or higher but below 75 per cent was recorded in Applied Mathematics Unit 1; Biology Unit 1; Chemistry Unit 1; Computer Science Unit 1; History Unit 1; and Physics Unit 1, the release stated.
However, the overall passes in Pure Mathematics Unit 1; Applied Mathematics Unit 11; and Economics Unit 11 were below 50 per cent but notably less than five candidates sat Applied Mathematics and Economics Unit 11.
It must also be noted that the performance of students in Physics Unit 1 has improved consistently over the years, moving from 44.4 per cent in 2008 and 58.33 per cent in 2009 to 70.97 per cent in 2010.
In addition, the performance in Economics Unit 1 has improved significantly from 50 per cent in 2009 to 96.23 per cent in 2010.
