The 2023 CSEC and CAPE Exam results showed improvements from last year.

The Education Ministry says passing grades – which are Grades I, II & III – were obtained in 67.77% of written CSEC entries.

In 2022, there was 62.72% passes.

Additionally, it says 58.57% of the students who wrote five or more CSEC subjects were successful in obtaining a minimum of five subjects, which is an increase from 53.05% in 2022.

With regard to CAPE, the Ministry says 32 Unit I and 29 Unit II subjects were written in 2023.

96.08% of the written subjects entries achieved acceptable passes of Grades I to V, compared to 94.34% in 2022.

Also, in CAPE 2023, 73.87% attained Grades I, II and III, an increase from 70.78% in 2022.

The Ministry says there was also an increase in the quality of grades, with 2.44% more Grade 1 passes in 2023 over 2022.

Also, with regard to the 2023 CAPE Exams:

In 2023, 96.40% of written CAPE Unit I subject entries achieved acceptable passes of Grades I-V, compared to 94.78% of the subject entries in 2022. Further in 2023, 73.81% of subject entries attained Grades I, II and III, an increase from 70.11% in 2022. There was an increase in the quality of grades with 2.44% more Grade 1 passes bring achieved in 2023 over 2022. In addition, performance in CAPE Unit I continues to be good, with twenty-six (26) out of thirty-two (32) subjects attaining a pass rate of 90% and above.Three (3) subjects attained pass rates of 100% with seventeen (17) subjects registering improvements from 2022 to 2023.

Performance in Cape Unit II was encouraging, with twenty-five (25) out of twenty-nine (29) subjects attaining a pass rate of 90% and above.  In 2023, 95.47% of written CAPE Unit II subject entries achieved acceptable passes of Grades I-V compared with 2022, with 93.54% achieving acceptable passes. Grades I, II and III were obtained by candidates in 73.99% of the subject entries written when compared with 72.01% in 2022. Six (6) subjects had attainment rates of 100% in comparison to three (3) subjects in 2022.  Twenty (20) subjects registered an improvement in pass rate in 2023 as compared with fifteen (15) subjects in 2022.