Education and Human Resource Development Statistics August 2018
In August 2018, statistics from the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development showed improvements in candidate performance for CSEC exams. Overall percentage passing rates increased, with notable improvements in specific subjects and schools. The data also highlighted the distribution of candidates passing various subject areas and the performance trend in English A over the years.
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AUGUST 2018
CANDIDATES 15 secondary schools submitted candidates for CSEC. 779 school candidates. 90 students less than last year when 869 students sat the examination. 197 private candidates compared to 397 in 2017 976 total wrote the CSEC examinations in 33 subject areas.
OVERALL PERCENTAGE PASS There was a 3.6% increase in the overall percentage pass of students receiving grades 1, 2 and 3 in the 2018 CSEC exams compared to 2017. Percentage Pass 2013 - 2018 84 82 81.7 82 80 78.4 77.3 78 76.1 76 74.6 74 72 70 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
OVERALL.. 4 schools showed marked improvement in their performances. Dominica Community High School (13%), St. Martin Secondary (12%), Dominica Grammar School (9%) and the Arthur Waldron Seventh Day Adventist Academy (8%). 364 or 47% of the candidates passed 5 or more subjects including Mathematics and English. This shows an increase from last year when it was 42%. 522 or 67% of the candidates passed 5 or more subjects with either grades 1, 2 or 3. 38 students from 11 of the secondary schools obtained 6 or more grade ones in the CSEC exams
SUBJECT PERFORMANCE % Pass Subject 2018 100% 90% - 99% 80% - 89% Additional Maths Biology Caribbean History English A English B Geography Human and Social Biology Principles of Accounts Physics Social Studies Spanish Technical Drawing Agri Science DA Industrial Tech - Agricultural Science SA Economics EDPM Family & Resource Man Food , Nutrition & Health Information Technology Office Administration Principles of Business Physical Education & Sport Electrical Music Religious Education Textiles, Clothing and 27 Fashion Theatre Arts % Pass Subject 2018 70% to 79% Chemistry Industrial Tech - 60% - 69% French Integrated Science Below 60% Mathematics (55.4%) Visual Arts (25%) Building 6
CSEC ENGLISH A 2013-2018 2018 Candidate Success in English A 90 85.3 79.4 81.6 80 70.9 73.3 70.3 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
2018 CSEC English A performance by school School CHS DCHS SJA AWSDAA SMA SMSS ITSS DGS CBSS WHS PSS NEC PCSS GSS OAINC TOTAL Eng. A entry 82 6 14 36 49 18 57 100 80 23 77 84 59 32 2 719 Success 82 6 14 35 47 17 53 90 70 19 61 64 38 16 1 613 % of entry 100 100 100 97.2 95.9 94.4 93 90 87.5 82.6 79.2 76.2 64 50 50 85.3
CSEC MATHEMATICS 2013 -2018 2018 Candidate Success in Mathematics 70 58.3 60 56 55.4 50.8 48.9 50 36 40 30 20 10 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
2018 CSEC Maths performance by school School CHS SJA SMSS SMA AWSDAA CBSS NEC ITSS DGS PSS DCHS WHS GSS PCSS OAINC TOTAL Maths entry 83 14 18 50 33 84 81 52 99 80 6 23 35 60 2 720 Success 73 12 13 35 23 53 51 29 48 37 2 6 7 10 0 399 % of entry 88.0 85.7 72.2 70.0 69.7 63.1 63.0 55.8 48.5 46.3 33.3 26.1 20.0 16.7 0.0 55.4
STANDING IN THE REGION Dominca versus Region Subject OVERALL English A Math Chemistry Dominica 82.0 85.3 55.4 75.4 Region 70.3 71.7 48.7 60.3 120 100 80 60 40 P.O.A HSB Info Tech Agri Sci. (SA) 85.3 85.6 95.3 93.1 68.8 64.3 90.7 85.4 20 0 Agri.Sci. Chemistry Spanish P.O.B. English A English B Geography P.O.A. HSB Math History Inte. Sci. Info Tech History English B Geography Spanish Inte Sci. P.O.B 83.6 85.1 87.8 81.1 61.2 98.4 69.7 78.3 71.7 69.8 39 85.8 Dominica Regional
Science related results (2018) Subject Agri Sc.(DA) Agri Sc. (SA) Biology Chemistry HSB Int. Science Physics Entry 12 159 180 114 277 294 98 No. Success 12 148 157 86 237 180 81 % 100.0 93.1 87.2 75.4 85.6 61.2 82.7
Humanities related subjects Subject C. History English B French Geography Soc. Studies Spanish Entry 159 87 162 98 485 53 No. success 133 74 112 86 413 43 % 83.6 85.1 69.1 87.8 85.2 81.1
TVET related subjects Subject T, C & F F, N & H Fam & Resource Mgt Tech. Draw Ind. Tech Building Ind. Tech Electrical Entry 11 156 No. Success 11 150 % 100 96.2 32 85 31 74 96.9 87.1 40 22 28 22 70.0 100
Business Subjects Subject Office Admin P. Of Accounts P. Of Business EDPM Economics Entry 141 156 372 134 17 No. 138 133 366 132 16 % 97.9 85.3 98.4 98.5 94.1
Other Subjects Entry 107 187 Subject Info Tech. Physical Educ. Theatre Arts Visual Arts Additional Math Music Religious Education No. Success 102 186 % 95.3 99.5 21 21 100 8 2 25.0 18 5 2 15 5 2 83.3 100 100
Performance summary There was a 3.6% percentage point increase in the overall performance in 2018. We continue to see a positive upward trend in performance. 67% of the students left Form 5 with good CSEC grades in at least 5 subjects. For 47% of the students, English and Math were included among the 5 subjects. Overall pass rate in English (85.3%) and Mathematics (55.4%) showed increases from last year 2017. 11 out of the 15 schools showed increases in their overall pass rate. There were marked increases in the pass rate for Dominica Community High School (13%), St. Martin Secondary (12%), Dominica Grammar School (9%) and the Arthur Waldron Seventh Day Adventist Academy (8%).
Performance summary Convent High School and St. John s Academy continue to excel. 38 students from 11 schools received 6 ones and above. Dominica s overall performance is some 12 points above regional average. Dominican students performed above the regional average in all except three subject areas (French, Industrial Tech Building and Visual Arts)
