Dominica 2018 CSEC Results MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND

Dominica: 2018 CSEC Results MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AUGUST 2018

CANDIDATES � 15 secondary schools submitted candidates for CSEC. � 779 school candidates. 90 students less than last year when 869 students sat the examination. � 197 private candidates compared to 397 in 2017 � 976 total wrote the CSEC examinations in 33 subject areas.

OVERALL PERCENTAGE PASS �There was a 3. 6% increase in the overall percentage pass of students receiving grades 1, 2 and 3 in the 2018 CSEC exams compared to 2017. Percentage Pass 2013 - 2018 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 74. 6 2013 76. 1 2014 77. 3 2015 81. 7 2016 78. 4 2017 82 2018

OVERALL……. . � 4 schools showed marked improvement in their performances. Dominica Community High School (13%), St. Martin Secondary (12%), Dominica Grammar School (9%) and the Arthur Waldron Seventh Day Adventist Academy (8%). � 364 or 47% of the candidates passed 5 or more subjects including Mathematics and English. This shows an increase from last year when it was 42%. � 522 or 67% of the candidates passed 5 or more subjects with either grades 1, 2 or 3. � 38 students from 11 of the secondary schools obtained 6 or more grade ones in the CSEC exams

SUBJECT PERFORMANCE % Pass 100% 90% - 99% Subject 2018 Agri Science – DA Agricultural Science – SA Industrial Tech - Economics Electrical EDPM Music Family & Resource Man Religious Education Food , Nutrition & Health 27 Textiles, Clothing and Information Technology Fashion Office Administration Theatre Arts Principles of Business Physical Education & Sport 80% - 89% Additional Maths Biology Caribbean History English A English B Geography Human and Social Biology Principles of Accounts Physics Social Studies Spanish Technical Drawing % Pass Subject 2018 Below 60% Mathematics (55. 4%) Visual Arts (25%) 6 70% to 79% Chemistry Industrial Tech - Building 60% - 69% French Integrated Science

CSEC ENGLISH A 2013 -2018 Candidate Success in English A 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 73. 3 2013 70. 3 2014 70. 9 2015 81. 6 2016 79. 4 2017 85. 3 2018

2018 CSEC English A performance by school School CHS DCHS SJA AWSDAA SMSS ITSS DGS CBSS WHS PSS NEC PCSS GSS OAINC TOTAL Eng. A entry 82 6 14 36 49 18 57 100 80 23 77 84 59 32 2 719 Success 82 6 14 35 47 17 53 90 70 19 61 64 38 16 1 613 % of entry 100 100 97. 2 95. 9 94. 4 93 90 87. 5 82. 6 79. 2 76. 2 64 50 50 85. 3

CSEC MATHEMATICS 2013 -2018 Candidate Success in Mathematics 70 58. 3 60 50. 8 56 50 40 48. 9 55. 4 36 30 20 10 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

2018 CSEC Maths performance by school School CHS SJA SMSS SMA AWSDAA CBSS NEC ITSS DGS PSS DCHS WHS GSS PCSS OAINC TOTAL Maths entry 83 14 18 50 33 84 81 52 99 80 6 23 35 60 2 720 Success 73 12 13 35 23 53 51 29 48 37 2 6 7 10 0 399 % of entry 88. 0 85. 7 72. 2 70. 0 69. 7 63. 1 63. 0 55. 8 48. 5 46. 3 33. 3 26. 1 20. 0 16. 7 0. 0 55. 4

STANDING IN THE REGION Dominica Region 82. 0 70. 3 85. 3 71. 7 55. 4 48. 7 75. 4 60. 3 P. O. A HSB Info Tech Agri Sci. (SA) 85. 3 85. 6 95. 3 93. 1 68. 8 64. 3 90. 7 85. 4 History English B Geography Spanish Inte Sci. P. O. B 83. 6 85. 1 87. 8 81. 1 61. 2 98. 4 69. 7 78. 3 71. 7 69. 8 39 85. 8 Dominca versus Region 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 English A Math Chemistry P. O. A. HSB Info Tech Agri. Sci. (S. . . History English B Geography Spanish Inte. Sci. P. O. B. Subject OVERALL English A Math Chemistry Dominica Regional

Science related results (2018) Subject Agri Sc. (DA) Agri Sc. (SA) Biology Entry 12 159 180 Chemistry HSB Int. Science Physics 114 277 294 98 No. Success % 12 100. 0 148 93. 1 157 87. 2 86 237 180 81 75. 4 85. 6 61. 2 82. 7

Humanities related subjects Subject C. History English B French Geography Soc. Studies Spanish Entry 159 87 162 98 485 53 No. success 133 74 112 86 413 43 % 83. 6 85. 1 69. 1 87. 8 85. 2 81. 1

TVET related subjects Subject T, C & F F, N & H Fam & Resource Mgt Tech. Draw Ind. Tech Building Ind. Tech Electrical Entry 11 156 No. Success 11 150 % 100 96. 2 32 85 31 74 96. 9 87. 1 40 22 28 22 70. 0 100

Business Subject Entry No. % Office Admin 141 138 97. 9 P. Of Accounts 156 133 85. 3 P. Of Business 372 366 98. 4 EDPM 134 132 98. 5 Economics 17 16 94. 1

Other Subjects Subject Info Tech. Entry 107 No. Success 102 % 95. 3 Physical Educ. 187 186 99. 5 Theatre Arts 21 21 100 Visual Arts Additional Math Music Religious Education 8 2 25. 0 18 5 15 5 83. 3 100 2 2 100

Performance summary �There was a 3. 6% percentage point increase in the overall performance in 2018. We continue to see a positive upward trend in performance. � 67% of the students left Form 5 with good CSEC grades in at least 5 subjects. For 47% of the students, English and Math were included among the 5 subjects. �Overall pass rate in English (85. 3%) and Mathematics (55. 4%) showed increases from last year 2017. � 11 out of the 15 schools showed increases in their overall pass rate. There were marked increases in the pass rate for Dominica Community High School (13%), St. Martin Secondary (12%), Dominica Grammar School (9%) and the Arthur Waldron Seventh Day Adventist Academy (8%).

Performance summary �Convent High School and St. John’s Academy continue to excel. � 38 students from 11 schools received 6 ones and above. �Dominica’s overall performance is some 12 points above regional average. �Dominican students performed above the regional average in all except three subject areas (French, Industrial Tech Building and Visual Arts)