The National Newspaper of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
FRIDAY,
JUNE 16, 2017
VOLUME 111, No.24
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2017, 737 or 92.47% met the required standard, while of the 841 males sitting, 661 or 78.60% met the standard. Last year’s statistics show that 89.85% of the females sitting attained the required standard, while 78.11% of the males did likewise. This has prompted a question from at least one political party — the Unity Labour Party — to wit: ‘How do we get our male students to improve their results at the CPEA examinations?’ In terms of perfect (100%) scores in each of the subject areas tested, six students attained 100% in Mathematics, one in Science and one in language. According to the release from the Ministry of Education, 47 schools recorded a pass Left: Rosario Reynaldo Browne of rate in excess of 80% in the the Kingstowwn Preparatory 2017 CEPA. This is the same School, copped the 1st position at as was recorded in 2016. this year’s CPEA Examinations.
THE 2017 CARIBBEAN Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) results show an increase in the percentage of students who met the prescribed standard. A release from the Ministry of Education, dated June 9, disclosed that 1,398 students, representing 85.35%, met the required standard in 2017, compared to 1,498, representing 83.87% in 2016. Some 1,638 students wrote the final examination in 2017, a decrease in the 1,786 who wrote in 2016. As far as a gender comparison is concerned, of the 797 females sitting in
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Geneviève Mc Master of the Windsor Primary School (above) and Chenise Harper of the St Mary’s Roman Catholic School tied for the 2nd position.