By Admin. Updated 1:39 p.m., Wednesday, September 4, 2024, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).
The St. Vincent Girls’ High School remains the top-performing academic institution at the secondary level in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
As is customary, the single-sex school attained the highest pass rate in the 2024 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) with an average of 96.59 percent, according to the preliminary results released by the Ministry of Education.
The school which was founded on May 8, 1911, has as its motto the Latin phrase: “Per Ardua Ad Alta,” which when translated into English means, “Through Difficulty to Heights”.
Four other schools also registered passes of 80 percent or higher. They include the St. Vincent Grammar School with 91.15 percent, the St. Martins Secondary School with 90.37 percent, then the St. Joseph’s Convent Kingstown with 85.54 percent. All the aforementioned schools are single-sex schools.
The only unisex school to have made it into the 80 percent and above level is the Thomas Saunders Secondary School with an 82.79 percent average.
The education ministry said: “On the heels of a request for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to review St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ initial preliminary results following detected inconsistencies, the Ministry of Education is pleased to release the 2024 CSEC results. Our decision was aimed at ensuring the accuracy of the reported data before public dissemination”.
“The updated preliminary results of the 2024 May-June Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)examinations were received on 29 August, 2024. This year, 2234 candidates were registered and of these, 1484 were school candidates and 750 were private candidates.
There were 1477 school candidates from 27 secondary schools sitting papers I and II with 10120 subject entries in 31 subject areas. Approximately 73.60% of the subject entries were awarded Grades I – III. The corresponding figure in 2023 was 72.16%.”
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