This year’s sitting of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Educa-tion Certificate (CSEC) saw a four-year high in the number of absentee candidates, according to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).
Providing an overview of the exams on Thursday last at the Arthur Chung Con-ference Centre, Director of Operations of CXC’s Examination Services Division Dr Nicole Manning said the data recorded for the absenteeism for this year was the highest in a four-year period.
She explained that they recorded absentees this year at 11.23% for CSEC, as opposed to 5.35% last year, while for CAPE the number was 8.83% this year as compared with 3.99% last year.
