The overall performance of candidates in the 2014 January sitting for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination improved slightly when compared to 2013. This year 50.6 per cent of subject entries achieved Grades I-III, the acceptable grades at CSEC, compared with 49 per cent last year.

This year’s result continued the upward trend in overall performance at January sitting over the last three years. In 2012, overall performance stood at 45 per cent, the lowest in the last five years.

There was improved performance in the two largest subjects, English A and Mathematics. English A saw an eight-per cent improvement in performance with 51 per cent of the entries achieving Grades I-III, compared with 43 per cent in 2013.

Candidate entries this year stood at 21,244 compared with 26,455 in 2013 and 27,775 candidates in 2012. This year 45,856 subject entries were received compared with 61,080 in 2013 and 65,104 in 2012.

This trend was evident in the entries from the CXC Participating Territories. Entries for all territories over the five-year period 2009-2014 were trending downwards with the exception of the Cayman Islands, which has seen an increase.

The entry and performance breakdown on individual subjects are reported in the tables and charts in this section.
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