BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) said performance in both English A (Language) and English B (Literature) for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) improved significantly in the May/June 2010 sitting.
CXC said that 66 per cent of the subject entries submitted for English A achieved Grades I to III in 2010 compared with 56 per cent in 2009, 45 per cent in 2008 and 49 per cent in 2007.
Performance at the Grade I level also improved with 18 per cent of entries gaining Grade I compared with 12 per cent in 2009.
The examining committee attributed this year’s performance to the ability of candidates to better negotiate the Summary, Narrative and Argumentative Writing sections on the English A paper.
For English B, 76 per cent of the entries achieved Grades I to III this year, compared with 58 per cent in 2009 and 48 per cent in 2008. The percentage of candidates who achieved Grade I increased from 14 per cent in 2009 to 32 per cent this year.
“Two factors accounted for the significant improvement. The first is that performance on Profile 1-Drama, saw improvement. The second factor is that teachers benefited from the training workshops conducted on the English B syllabus throughout the region by CXC,” the examining committee said.
The committee is of the view that this year’s improved results are direct dividends of the training.
The performance in English underlines a general improvement in performance this year. Overall, 69 per cent of subject entries achieved Grades I to III, the acceptable grades at CSEC. This compared with 66 per cent of acceptable grades in 2009 and 62 per cent in 2008.
Of the 34 CSEC subjects offered, performance improved in 14 subjects, declined in 14 subjects and remained the same in six subjects.
Overall, the number of candidates taking the May/June 2010 CSEC examination increased by almost 10, 000. This year 153, 447 candidates registered for the examination, compared with 143, 489 candidates in 2009.
Disclaimer: The comments posted do not necessarily reflect the views of DominicaNewsOnline.com and its parent company or any individual staff member. All comments are posted subject to approval by DominicaNewsOnline.com. We never censor based on political or ideological points of view, but we do try to maintain a sensible balance between free speech and responsible moderating.
We will delete comments that:
See our full comment/user policy/agreement.