Two education advocates have called for greater operational transparency, comprehensive public reporting and deeper national inquiries into student well-being after the release of the 2026 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) preliminary examination results.

While thousands of candidates across the Caribbean celebrated their academic milestones in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) and Caribbean Regional Certificate of Secondary Competence (CCSLC), the education advocates argued that the official figures mask systemic vulnerabilities that require urgent scrutiny.

The latest metrics show a regional pass rate of 72.18 per cent for CSEC examinations and 93.5 per cent for CAPE, for which passing grades span Grades 1 through 5. But Paula-Anne Moore, parent advocate and spokesperson for both the Group of Concerned Parents of Barbados and the Caribbean Coalition for Exam Redress, questioned the real-world value of these broad statistical passing bands.