Guyana records 5.8% increase in CAPE percentage pass rate
Eight hundred and fifty-one candidates from nine public secondary schools and four private institutions across Guyana sat the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in 2017, achieving a 92.57 per cent pass rate, an increase of 5.8 per cent as opposed to 86.74 per cent in 2016.
Education Minister Nicolette Henry speaking during the release of the 2017 CSEC results
The Education Ministry confirmed that 16.47 per cent of the entries achieved Grade Ones, 22.90 per cent attained Grade Twos, while 22.93 per cent attained Grade Threes. 18.08 per cent attained Grade Fours, while 13 per cent of the students managed to secure Grade Fives.
This year’s top CAPE performances were recorded from Saraswati Vidya Niketan, St Rose’s High School and Queens College among others.
Among the top performers are Vamanadev Hiralall of Saraswati Vidya Niketan and Shawn Shewram of St Rose’s High and Shawn Shewram of St Rose’s High and who each secured Grade One passes in eight units.
Queen’s College also saw outstanding performances from students such as Ashley Anthony, a Guyana Times columnist, and Shannon Woodroofe who each copped seven units with six Grade Ones and one Grade Two.
“I feel relieved and contented because I know that I would’ve put in a lot of hard work and to know that everything is unfolding like this is something to be relieved about. Sixth Form has been one of the biggest challenges that I’ve taken and there were many times when I doubted myself and many times I wanted to close my book… but I knew that this was something that I did and something that I started so this is something that I had to finish”, Shawn Shewram said in an interview with the Guyana Times.
Meanwhile, Nations School of Business and Management recorded exceptional results at the Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level Examinations with 100 per cent passes in Chemistry, Economics and English.
Hannibal Gaskin sat the Advanced Level examinations and scored grade a distinction in Chemistry and Grade A (one) in Maths, while securing a Grade B in Physics.
Other remarkable performances came from Shamita Bhagwandas, Sandhya Meerah and Cindyann Khan. Top performers at the Advanced Subsidiary Level were Kayshav Tewari who attained A grades in Economics, Law, Maths and Sociology, while Ryan Benschop and Arun Kanhai each secured Grades A and B in four units.
A synopsis of the general CAPE performance provided by the Education Ministry detailed that this year saw 100 per cent pass rate in 30 units.
Green Engineering, Animation and Gaming Design and Digital Media were written for the first time this year, with 100 per cent pass rates in each of the named areas.
