Nearly 1,500 students who wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exam in May and June from government and government-assisted secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago received no passes.
This was revealed by Minister of Education Anthony Garcia who, in a brief interview with Newsday earlier this week, said he was satisfied with the candidates’ performance when compared to the past eight years. He said his findings were based on basic details he has received.
“I can tell you that the performance of our students this year has been better than in previous years,” Garcia said according to a report by the Trinidad Newsday.
In total, 21,520 TT candidates wrote the exam, out of which 16,042 were from government and government-assisted schools.
Of this figure, 1,486 scored no pass marks. Garcia said the rest of candidates sat the exam privately and, as such, fall out of the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.
On Saturday, a function was hosted by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) at St. George’s University Campus in Grenada to officially announce the overall performance of candidates in the region.
CXC registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch expressed concern over the 11,000 students who failed to secure the passing grade between I-III.
