An alarming 67% of students failed Mathematics at the May/June Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations this year, triggering a region-wide call to address the situation.
The Caribbean Examina-tions Council (CXC) yesterday announced that only 33% of the entrants for the Mathematics examination achieved acceptable grades one to three—marking a continued decline over the last three years.
In 2010, 41% of candidates earned similar grades and last year the