CAPE students record highest performance in three years

 

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says students have recorded their highest performance over the last three years in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).

 

Dr. Nicole Manning, Director of Operations in Examinations Services, says this follows an increase in the number of candidates registering for exams in the May/June 2023 sitting. 

 

"We saw an increase in CAPE to 14,044 coming from 5,449 subject entries in 2022, and likewise an increase in CSEC from 78,801 to 87,164. You'll see that we are at the highest over the last three years. We're at 92.15 per cent of candidates receiving acceptable grades from 2021 to 2023," she outlined.  

 

But Dr. Manning said candidate absenteeism remains a concern. 

 

"We're seeing a reduction. There's still a need for concern as educators where candidates as much as for CAPE 9,974 candidates absent from exams. These are candidates who would have registered for examinations and would not have turned up. You well imagine that these candidates are ungraded," she pointed out.    

 

She was addressing the official release ceremony for the 2023 May/June regional exams results.