The sombre tone which pervaded the atmosphere during the announcement of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results suggested that once again the Ministry of Education was not satisfied with the performance of the nation’s students. This is despite a 0.46% improvement in the national pass rate.
According to Minister of Education Nicolette Henry the slight increase to 63.68% pass rate does not make up for the less than satisfactory performance in Mathematics and English.
“Our focus is on quality not quantity…from a qualitative perspective our focus is to ensure students in secondary are able to matriculate; that is to pass Maths and English,” she explained.