In 2022, 94.34% (28, 431) of written CAPE subject entries achieved acceptable passes.
This is compared to 93.93% (30, 926) in 2021.
In 2022, 70.78% (21, 333 subject entries) attained Grades I, II and III.
Last year the figure was 72.84% or (23, 980).
A total of twenty thousand four-hundred and fifty-six (20, 456) candidates (11 412 females and 9 044) males) wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examination in thirty-four (34) subjects in 2022.
Passing grades (Grades I, II & III) were obtained in 62.72% (67 845) of the subject entries compared with 65.26% (68 322) in 2021.
In 2022, 53.05% seven thousand one hundred and forty-eight (7 148) of the students writing 5 or more CSEC subjects were successful in 5 or more subjects, compared to 54.1% (7 487) in 2021.
Further, 43.66% (5, 789) of the students who attempted five or more subjects inclusive of Mathematics and English A were successful; the figure for 2021 stood at 46.5% (6, 333) students.
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