Georgetown : Elisa Hamilton of Queen’s College, is this year’s top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) performer with 19 grade ones, while Bharti Bhoge of Skeldon Line Path Secondary, Region Six and Larissa Whiltshire of Queen’s College, shared the second place with 17 grade Ones.
Third place position went to Tressyia Ketwaroo of Skeldon Line Path Secondary and Lisa John of Queen’s College who both secured 16 Grade Ones and one Grade Two, each.
This year’s results were announced during a press conference, by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand at the National Centre for Resource Development (NCERD).
Other schools which made it among the country’s top performers include, the Anna Regina Secondary, Region Two with Bibi Areefa Mohammed securing 13 Grade Ones and six Grade Twos; Natasha Alladin of the J.C Chandisingh Secondary, Region Six who secured 15 Grade Ones; Farahnaz Hosain of Zeeburg Secondary, Region Three with 13 Grade Ones and one Grade Two.
Khary Boyer of the North West Secondary, Region One secured 11 Grade Ones, while Chelsia Singh of New Amsterdam Multilateral, Region Six secured 11 Grade Ones and three Grade Twos. Tereasia Ramlochan of the West Demerara Secondary, Region Three also secured 11 Grade Ones and two Grade Twos.
This year a total of 13,724 students sat the CSEC examination with 8,642 drawn from public schools and 5,080 from private schools.
An analysis of the results revealed that the overall pass rate at the General and Technical proficiencies for Grades One to three was 60.21 % as opposed to 59.31 % in 2013, with the overall 2014 Grades One to Four pass rate was 88.44 %.
These figures when compared to 2013 indicate a marginal increase in the Grades One to Three and Grades One to Four passes.
Of these subjects, the results indicated excellent performances in 12 subjects where the Grade One to Three passes exceeded 75%.
The 12 subjects are: Agriculture Science (SA), Food and Nutrition, French, Home Economics Management, Information Technology, Physics, Religious Education, Theatre Arts, Electronic Document Preparation and Management, Physical Education and Sport, Additional Mathematics and Building Technology (Const.).
Satisfactory performances were recorded in 19 subjects where the Grades One to Three passes exceeded 50% while Grades One to Four passes were in excess of 75%: Agricultural Science (DA), Biology, Caribbean History, Chemistry, Clothing and Textiles, Economics, English B, Geography, Integrated Science, Office Administration, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business, Social Studies, Spanish, Technical Drawing, Human and Social Biology, Building Technology (Woods), Electrical and Electronic Technology and Mechanical Engineering Technology.
The overall performances in four subjects were unsatisfactory. The Grades One to Three passes in these subjects were less than 50%. These subjects are English A, Mathematics, Music and Visual Arts.
In Mathematics, the Grades One to Three pass rate for 2014 is 38.7%. This indicates over 9% increase from 2013, where the Grades One to Three pass rate was recorded as 28.92%.
The Grades One to Three performances in English A recorded a marginal increase from 45.69% in 2013 to 46.98% in 2014. Performance in English B remained relatively constant.
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