While students who sat Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exams in May and June of this year will be able to access their results online on Friday, the Ministry of Education has already announced that Guyana has recorded a 7% increase in passes at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE).
In a press statement last evening, the ministry explained that 851 candidates from nine secondary schools and four private institutions sat the examinations this year and 92.57% of them achieved Grades 1 to 5 passes. The result represents a 7% increase over the 86.74% in passes achieved in 2016.
Specifically, the ministry noted that 16.47% of the entrants attained Grade 1s, 22.90% attained Grade 2s, 22.93% attained Grade 3s, 18.08% attained Grade 4s, while 13% attained Grade 5.