The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) is reporting a notable improvement in the outcomes for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency (CAPE) examinations in several subjects, including mathematics, English and information technology.

Dr Nicole Manning, director of operations at CXC, made the announcement on Thursday, August 24, during the official release ceremony held in St Kitts and Nevis.

For CAPE examinations, CXC is reporting that the region has recorded an all-time high in the results when compared with the last three years. This year, the region’s overall performance for CAPE exams stood at 92.15 per cent, an increase from the 91.25 per cent seen in 2022 and 92.08 per in 2021.

“For Caribbean Studies, we are seeing an increase to 97 per cent, of course the largest increase over the last three years in terms of candidates receiving acceptable grades likewise in terms of the percentage of grade ones, we are seeing an 18 per cent coming from 14 [per cent] and 11 [per cent] in the two previous years,” Manning said.

The CXC director also highlighted improvements in communication studies communication studies, history (unit 1), physics (unit 1) and pure mathematics (Units 1 and 2).

CAPE students are graded based on a scale system from Grade I to Grade VII, with Grade I being the highest grade students can receive and Grade VII the lowest.

This year, the overall CXC performance stood at 74. 36 per cent compared to the 73.81 per cent last year.

Notably, the region saw an increase in its overall performance, moving from the 73 per cent recorded in the previous year to 78 per cent. Twenty-two per cent of students who sat the exam secured a grade one in the subject, 28 per cent secured a grade two and 29 per cent a grade three.

For mathematics, the region moved from an overall performance of 37 per cent recorded last year to 43 per cent this year. Eight per cent of students secured a grade one in the subject, 14 per cent secured a grade two and 21 per cent secured a grade three.

Information technology, office administration and principles of accounts also saw a notable improvements.

Other areas of improvement were modern languages, social studies, biology and physics.