The Primary School Examination results are in and according to the Ministry of Education – the top finisher is Shaneice Lord from Bernice Yorke School. Denesha Grant from Holy Redeemer is second, Jacky Cheng from Sacred Heart in Stann Creek is third, Ester Sun from Mary Hill R.C. in Corozal is fourth; and Emilie Magana from St. Ignatius Primary in Belize City rounds out the top five.
6,366 students sat the exam and the bad news is that average score was 61.65 percent – that’s just a “C.” Broken down by subjects – the average score for English was 60%. For math it was a D – 57.7% - which is an improvement from last year. Science was satisfactory with 64.67% and the average in social studies was a B - 68.84%.
We’ll look deeper into results next week.
