Majority of CSEC, CAPE students get passing grades

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Majority of CSEC, CAPE students get passing grades

The Ministry of Education is reporting that preliminary data from the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exam shows that the majority of Jamaican students received passing grades. The ministry says 233,723 subject entries were...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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