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The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion has re­port­ed strong re­sults for the 2025 Caribbean Ad­vanced Pro­fi­cien­cy Ex­am­i­na­tion (CAPE) and steady im­prove­ment in the Caribbean Sec­ondary Ed­u­ca­tion Cer­tifi­cate (CSEC) ex­am­i­na­tions, with no­table gains in Eng­lish and con­tin­ued fo­cus on Math­e­mat­ics out­comes.

A to­tal of 8,035 can­di­dates sat the CAPE Unit I and II ex­ams, achiev­ing an over­all pass rate of 95.72% (Grades I–V), an im­prove­ment over 2024. Pass­es at Grades I–III ac­count­ed for 72.72% of en­tries.

CAPE Unit I record­ed a 95.94% pass rate, with 27 of 31 sub­jects achiev­ing over 90% pass­es. Agri­cul­tur­al Sci­ence, Food and Nu­tri­tion, Ge­og­ra­phy, and Per­form­ing Arts all achieved 100% pass­es, while 13 sub­jects, in­clud­ing Ac­count­ing, Chem­istry, Com­put­er Sci­ence, Eco­nom­ics, French, Pure Math­e­mat­ics, and Span­ish, showed marked im­prove­ment.