Guyana’s performances have worsened in Mathematics and English A at the recent May/June Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CSEC) examinations, with results in the two subjects falling below the declining regional averages.
Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday said the ministry had already known of the weakness of students in the two core areas and measures have been put in place to stem poor performance in Mathematics, where only 29.69% of candidates achieved grades one to three, compared with 30.4% in 2011, and 34.5% in 2010.
Region-wide, only 33% of candidates managed acceptable grades at the
