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Ninety-seven point three per cent of the students who sat this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination have been allocated to a public secondary school by the Caribbean Examinations Council.
This is an increase over last year’s figure of 95.1 per cent.
The remaining 2.7 per cent of candidates were allocated to a secondary school by the Ministry of Education Transformation.
According to the overall analysis of the May 5 examination, there is no significant difference in this year’s performance compared with previous years.
This was disclosed during a press conference to announce the Common Entrance results this morning at the Ministry’s Constitution Road offices.
Rachelle Agard attended and filed this story.
