Sixteen-year-old Michael Bhopaul of Queen’s College was a short while ago named the country’s top performer for the 2017 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate [CSEC] examination. According to the Ministry of Education he gained 24 grade ones and one grade two passes.
TOP PERFORMER: Michael Bhopaul
According to Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry, a total of 12, 684 candidates registered for the 2017 CSEC examination as compared to 12, 809 for last year.
Overall there was an increase of one percent in terms of performance this year with candidates choosing from 35 subjects that were offered this year. Guyana according to Minister Henry achieved a 63.8 percent pass rate with grades one to three. Of these 12.49 percent of the entries gained grade one, 22.72 percent gained grade two and 28.47 percent gained grade three.
The subject areas of Music and Theatre Arts saw a 100 percent pass rate.