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THE Education Ministry said 51.02 per cent of candidates who wrote the May/June 2025 CSEC examinations achieved five or more passes, including English A and Mathematics. This is an increase over the 2024 figure of 45.55 per cent.

The 2025 regional average was 44 per cent, an improvement of four per cent from 2024, according to CXC CEO Wayne Wesley. He said this was an increase from 40 per cent in 2024, representing 19,122 candidates out of the over 100,000 candidates from across the region.

In a statement on August 15, the education ministry said a total of 22,693 candidates wrote the CSEC in 2025, with 117,984 subject entries. It said the overall pass rate (Grades I–III) was 70.65 per cent, improving from 68 per cent in 2024.