1. Dominica 2019 CXC Results: CAPE CCSLC CSEC CVQ
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
AUGUST 2019

2. CAPE Results Analysis
A total of 3 private institutions submitted 120 private candidates for the CAPE exams in females and 35 males.
Private candidates attempted 18 double unit subjects and 6 single unit subjects. A total of 42 out of 67 units offered by CXC.
For the first time, private candidates sat Building & Mechanical Engineering Drawing (BMED) U1&2, Digital Media U1, Financial Services Studies U1 and Spanish U1&2

3. CAPE SUBJECT PERFORMANCE
% Pass
100%
90% - 99%
80% - 89%
Subject 2019
Computer Science U1
Accounting U2
Computer Science U2
Digital Media U1
Economics U2
Info Tech U1
Info Tech U2
Lit in English U2
Mgmt of Business U2
Pure Math U1
Physics U1
Sociology U2
Spanish U1
Spanish U2
Tourism U1
Tourism U2
Caribbean Studies
Biology U2
Communication Studies
BMED U1
Entrepreneurship U2
Law U2
Mgmt of Business U1
Physics U2 24

4. CAPE SUBJECT PERFORMANCE
% Pass
70% - 79%
60% - 69%
Below 60%
Subject 2019
Computer Science U1
Biology U1
BMED U2
Literatures in English U1
Environmental Science U2
Caribbean Studies
Entrepreneurship U1
Fin. Services Stu. U1
Communication Studies
Accounting U1
Chemistry U1
Chemistry U2
Economics U1
Environmental Sci.enceU1
Geography U1
Geography U2
History U1
History U2
Integrated Math
Law U1
Pure Mathematics U2 18

5. Performance summary
85 or 70.8% of the private candidates passed the CAPE exams with either grades 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
Dominica’s overall performance at the CAPE level is 74.8% which is below the Regional Average of 87%.

6. CCSLC Results Analysis
10 secondary schools submitted candidates for 2019 CCSLC exams.
704 school candidates. 380 males and 324 females.
Exams were done in 6 different subject areas with schools attempting 2 – 6 subjects

7. CCSLC English A 2019 School Eng. A Sitting Success % Pass of sitting
DCHS 13
100
CBSS 99
PCSS 39 38
97.5
ITSS 51 48
94.1
GSS 88 79
89.8
DGS
150
133
88.7
PSS 87
87.9
NECS 74 63
85.1
TOTAL
614
560
91.2

8. CCSLC Mathematics 2019 School Math sitting Success % Pass of sitting
CBSS 99 95 96
NECS 73 65
89.1
GSS 87 77
88.5
PCSS 39 34
87.2
ITSS 51 38
74.5
PSS 90 66
73.4
DGS
151
110
72.8
DCHS 13 6
46.2
TOTAL
603
491
81.4

9. Other CCSLC Subjects 2019 Subject Sitting Success % Pass of sitting
INTEGRATED SCIENCE 16
100
SPANISH 47 45
95.7
FRENCH 29 27
93.1
SOCIAL STUDIES 21 15
71.4
TOTAL
113
103
91.2

10. Performance summary
Dominica Community High School continues to excel in English A.
Castle Bruce Secondary School showed outstanding performance in CCSLC English A and CCSLC Mathematics with a 12% increase in performance in English A when compared to 2018.
560 students (91.2%) have attained Mastery or Competent levels in the 2019 CCSLC exams.

11. CSEC Results Analysis
15 Secondary schools submitted candidates for CSEC exams.
786 school candidates. 7 more students than last year when 779 students sat the examination.
374 private candidates compared to 197 in 2018
1160 total wrote the CSEC examinations in 33 subject areas.

12. OVERALL PERCENTAGE PASS
There was a 1.6% decrease in the overall percentage pass of students receiving grades 1, 2 and 3 in the 2019 CSEC exams compared to 2018.

13. OVERALL……..
3 schools showed marked improvement in their overall performances. Orion Academy (40% to 85.7%) , Goodwill Secondary School (47.7% to 58.8%) and Pierre Charles Secondary (67.7% to 77.9%).
309 or 39.3% of the candidates passed 5 or more subjects including Mathematics and English.
515 or 65.5% of the candidates passed 5 or more subjects with either grades 1, 2 or 3.
46 students from 13 Secondary schools obtained 6 or more grade ones in the CSEC exams

14. CSEC SUBJECT PERFORMANCE
% Pass
100%
90% - 99%
80% - 89%
Subject
2019
Agri. Science (DA)
Religious Education
Textiles, Clothing & Fashion
Theatre Arts
Agri. Science (SA)
Biology
Economics
EDPM
Food, Nutrition & Health
Geography
Industrial Technology Building
Industrial Tech. Electricals
Information Technology
Office Administration
Principles of Business
Physical Education
Technical Drawing
Chemistry
Family & Resource Management
Music
Principles of Accounts
Physics
Social Studies
70% to 79%
60% - 69%
Below 60%
Additional Math
Caribbean History
English A
English B
Human & Social Biology
Integrated Science
Spanish
French (52.1%)
Mathematics (46.7%)
Visual Arts (50%) 23 10

15. CSEC ENGLISH A

16. 2019 English A performance by school
Eng. A sitting
Success
% of sitting
SJA 6
100
CHS 99
SMA 53 51
96.2
OAINC 19 18
94.7
AWSDAA 30 27 90
CBSS 76 67
88.2
DGS
119 98
82.4
WHS 16 13
81.3
NEC 56 36
64.3
PSS 81 63
GSS 58 35
60.3
PCSS 45 60
SMSS 34
55.9
ITSS 43 23
53.5
DCHS 10 5 50
TOTAL
746
575
77.1

17. CSEC MATHEMATICS

18. 2019 CSEC Math performance by school
Maths sitting
Success
% of sitting
CHS
101 76
75.2
SJA 4 3 75
CBSS 79 51
64.6
SMA 53 34
64.2
OAINC 19 12
63.2
SMSS 18
52.9
PCSS 29 14
48.3
AWSDAA 32 15
46.9
NEC 56 26
46.4
PSS 82
35.4
ITSS 44
34.1
DGS
114 37
32.5
DCHS 10 2 20
GSS 57 9
15.8
WHS 16
0.0
TOTAL
730
341
46.7

19. STANDING IN THE REGION Subject Dominica Region OVERALL 80.4 64 Biology
91.4 77
Caribbean History 78
Chemistry
87.3 68
Economics
96.4 70
Geography
91.7 75
Integrated Science
77.2 62
Office Admin
95.6 85
Princ. Of Business
98.2 87
Social Studies
86.8 65
HSB
79.7 51
Textiles, Clothing
100 83
Industrial Tech Elec 97

20. STANDING IN THE REGION
Dominica has performed overall 8.5 % above the Regional Average.
13 out of 15 Secondary schools have performed above the Regional Average of 71.9%
Dominica has performed above the Regional Average in 30 out of 33 subjects

21. Science related results (2019)
Subject
Sitting
No. Success
% Pass
Agri Sc.(DA) 21
100.0
Agri Sc. (SA)
155
150
96.8
Biology
210
192
91.4
Chemistry
126
110
87.3
Physics
133
116
87.2
HSB
306
244
79.7
Int. Science
290
224
77.2

22. Humanities related subjects
Sitting
No. success
% Pass
Geography
133
122
91.7
Soc. Studies
453
393
86.8
C. History
182
142
78.0
Spanish 97 72
74.2
English B 87 64
73.6
French
167
52.1

23. TVET related subjects Subject Sitting No. Success % Pass T, C & F 20
100
F, N & H
151
147
97.4
Ind. Tech
Electrical 33 32
97.0
Ind. Tech Building 65 63
96.9
Tech. Draw 81 74
91.4
Family & Resource Mgmt 60 52
86.7

24. Business Subjects Subject Sitting Success % Pass EDPM 133 132 99.2
P. Of Business
330
324
98.2
Economics 28 27
96.4
Office Admin
137
131
95.6
P. Of Accounts
138
115
83.3

25. Other Subjects Theatre Arts 19 100 Physical Edu. 191 190 99.5
Sitting
No. Success
% Pass
Theatre Arts 19
100
Religious Edu. 9
Physical Edu.
191
190
99.5
Info Tech.
128
122
95.3
Music 6 5
83.3
Additional Math 15
78.9
Visual Arts 10
50.0

26. CVQ Results Analysis
A total of 7 students of the Goodwill Secondary school were entered for the 2019 CVQ in Garment Production. 2 males and 5 females
All 7 candidates are deemed Competent in CVQ Garment Production Level 1 and will be awarded by CXC.