While Guyana is the overall top performer at this year’s Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) examinations, the country has seen a notable decline in performance compared to previous years.
Guyana recorded results higher than the regional average, 87%, with 88% for 20 of 33 subject areas offered by CXC. However, Chief Education Officer of the Ministry of Education, Dr Marcel Hutson, on Friday told a briefing at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development, at Kingston, Georgetown, that Guyana had a decline in pass rates for several subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).
Education Minister Priya Manickchand has said that the decline is relative to all territories and that the ministry will continuously attempt to rectify the difficulties faced by the education system.